Higher hospital fees hit patients without insuranceTwenty percent of HCM City’s population with no health insurance have been hit with a 30 percent increase in fees. Patients visit HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases for disease treatment. She does not have health insurance, so she had to pay more than 1.9 million VND due to the increased fees. “If I had known the fees increased, I would have bought health insurance,” she added. At the city’s Oncology Hospital, nearly 52 percent of patients who visit the hospital for health examinations and treatment have health insurance.

Source: VietNamNet News October 05, 2017 04:07 UTC