How to increase pension benefits?
How to advance the direct settlement of medical treatment in other places?
When will the national medical insurance coverage be unified?
How to protect "little brothers" from occupational injuries?
How to apply for skill improvement allowance?
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In the "Opinions on Implementing the Key Work Division of the "Government Work Report" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions") recently issued by the State Council, there is a clear time for how these social security policies involving pensions, medical care, work-related injuries, etc. will be implemented within the year. surface.
This also means that workers will enjoy more social security policy dividends this year.
How much will the pension go up? The answer will be revealed before the end of June
As the "life-saving money" of the people, whether pensions can be paid in full and on time has attracted much attention.
This year's government work report proposes to appropriately raise the basic pension standards for retirees and basic pensions for urban and rural residents to ensure that they are paid in full and on time.
The "Opinions" require that the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the Ministry of Finance should take the lead and introduce relevant policies before the end of June.
This also means that the pensions of retired employees will usher in an "18th consecutive increase", and the pensions of urban and rural residents will also increase.
In terms of employee pension insurance, from 2018 to 2020, the pension of retirees will increase by 5% for three consecutive years, and the increase will be adjusted to 4.5% in 2021, and 127 million retirees will enjoy benefits.
In terms of endowment insurance for urban and rural residents, in 2021, 17 provinces across the country and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps will increase the basic pension for urban and rural residents, benefiting more than 78 million elderly people, most of whom are rural residents.
Up to now, Fujian, Jiangsu, Hainan, Tibet, Ningxia, Guizhou, Shanxi and other places have announced plans to increase the provincial basic pension for urban and rural residents in 2022.
Starting this year, my country will steadily implement national pooling of endowment insurance.
Qi Tao, deputy director of the Endowment Insurance Department of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, said that after the implementation of the system, the current surplus and shortage of inter-regional endowment insurance funds will be adjusted nationwide to ensure that pensions are paid on time and in full, and those in difficult areas will be paid more quickly. Guaranteed.
How to promote the direct settlement of medical treatment in other places? To be announced before the end of June
The "Opinions" make it clear that the improvement of the direct settlement method for cross-provincial medical treatment will be led by the National Medical Insurance Bureau, and the Ministry of Finance will be responsible for the division of labor, and relevant policies will be issued before the end of June.
This also means that the direct settlement service of medical expenses across provinces and different places will be more convenient and efficient, and the experience of the people will continue to improve.
At present, the direct settlement service of inter-provincial and non-local hospitalization expenses has covered all provinces, all co-ordination areas, all types of insured persons and major out-of-home personnel.
As of the end of February this year, 49,200 designated medical institutions and 89,800 designated retail pharmacies had been connected to 49,200 designated medical institutions and 89,800 designated retail pharmacies across the country for direct settlement of outpatient expenses across provinces.
In addition, the coverage of direct settlement of outpatient expenses across provinces has been further expanded, and 826 designated medical institutions in 63 overall planning areas across the country have started outpatient radiotherapy and chemotherapy for hypertension, diabetes, malignant tumor, dialysis for uremia, and anti-rejection treatment after organ transplantation. 5 A pilot program of direct settlement across provinces for treatment costs related to chronic and special diseases in outpatient clinics.
According to the "Notice on Accelerating the Promotion of Direct Inter-provincial Settlement of Outpatient Expenses" issued by the National Medical Insurance Administration and the Ministry of Finance in April 2021, by the end of 2022, at least one designated medical institution in each county can provide outpatient expenses including outpatient expenses. Cross-provincial direct settlement service for medical expenses; basically realize the full coverage of the above-mentioned 5 major outpatient chronic and special diseases related treatment expenses across provinces.
When will the national medical insurance coverage be unified? To be completed by the end of December
The "Opinions" make it clear that the National Medical Insurance Administration will take the lead to achieve the basic uniformity of the scope of medical insurance across the country, and it will be completed before the end of December.
This also means that the problems caused by the inconsistency of drug catalogues in various places during the year will be resolved.
When the National Medical Insurance Administration released the 2019 version of the drug catalogue, it clearly stated that localities shall not formulate their own catalogues or use alternative methods to increase the drugs in the catalogue, nor shall they adjust the limited payment scope of the drugs in the catalogue by themselves. The increased Class B drugs should be gradually digested within 3 years.
At present, supplementary medicines are being called up in the medical insurance catalogues in various places.
According to the regulations of the National Medical Insurance Administration, provincial medical insurance departments should complete all local supplementary digestion work before June 30, 2022.
As of now, the 2021 medical insurance catalog has been officially implemented for more than 4 months.
The latest version of the medical insurance catalogue includes 2,860 kinds of western medicines and Chinese patent medicines, including 1,486 kinds of western medicines, 1,374 kinds of Chinese patent medicines, and 892 kinds of decoction pieces of traditional Chinese medicines.
Since the establishment of the National Medical Insurance Bureau in 2018, a total of 507 drugs have been added to the national medical insurance payment scope, and a batch of "magic drugs" and "zombie drugs" have been brought out of the catalog.
How to protect "little brothers" from occupational injuries? Continue to advance throughout the year
In recent years, new employment forms such as courier boys, takeaway riders, and online car-hailing drivers have always been the concern of all sectors of society.
The "Opinions" propose to strengthen flexible employment services, improve flexible employment social security policies, and carry out pilot projects for occupational injury protection for new employment forms, which will continue to be promoted during the year.
In 2021, including the "Guiding Opinions on Safeguarding Labor Security Rights and Interests of Laborers in New Employment Forms" jointly issued by 8 departments including the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, a series of policies related to the rights and interests of laborers in new employment forms will be intensively introduced.
Previously, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security stated that the pilot program will make it clear that the occupational injury protection of flexible employees on the platform is the positioning of social insurance, and it will be established and implemented under the general framework of the current occupational injury insurance system. Start with large travel, takeaway, instant delivery, intra-city freight and other industries, and select some provinces and cities with a good foundation for pilot projects.
At present, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Fujian and other places have carried out pilot occupational injury protection. There are two types of protection methods: separate occupational injury insurance, or traditional occupational injury insurance.
Wang Weiyan