However, along with opportunities and parallel challenges that if not foreseen in advance to handle thoroughly, the goal of improving quality and ensuring fair access to health protection and care for people will be difficult to achieve.
One of the biggest concerns is the situation of layered health care. Private healthcare is generally oriented towards high-quality services, which means high costs. If the health insurance policy (HI) is not closely linked to this area, low-income people will have difficulty using services at modern private hospitals.
Another problem is that developing private healthcare will promote competition, but if competition is not healthy, there are many potential risks from overcommercialization.
In reality, in recent times, there have been cases where some private medical facilities have abused testing, prescribing too much, and even over-advertising to attract patients. This not only pushes up treatment costs but also reduces social trust.
The big challenge is the monitoring mechanism. When the private sector is deeply involved, the benefits between the State, businesses and people are intertwined, it is easy for negativity to arise in land allocation, tax incentives, or public-private partnerships. If there is a lack of transparency, preferential policies can be transformed into group benefits, away from the goal of serving the community.
Resolution 72 is bringing a golden opportunity for private healthcare. However, to seize this opportunity, for the Resolution to come into life, the private health sector needs support and support by synchronizing many solutions at the same time.
First of all, it is necessary to strongly connect the health insurance system with the private sector, ensuring that people when using health insurance can access services in both public and private hospitals, limiting the risk of layered health insurance.
It is necessary to build a mechanism for standardizing and monitoring professional quality, applying digital technology such as electronic medical records, a national health data system to control service abuse and publicize the quality of each facility.
At the same time, it is necessary to design a transparent and fair monitoring mechanism, combining three pillars: State management agencies, professional associations and civil society.
The challenge of private healthcare is not expanding or narrowing the scale, but in balancing market dynamics and the mission of social justice.
If these points are well resolved, private healthcare will truly become a pillar in parallel with public healthcare, bringing final benefits to the people - something that Resolution 72 has set out and society expects.
