Zhongxin Finance, June 9. The National Medical Security Administration released the "2021 National Medical Security Development Statistical Bulletin" on June 8.

  The bulletin shows that

in terms of medical insurance

, by the end of 2021, the number of people participating in basic medical insurance nationwide will be 1,362.97 million, and the insurance participation rate will be stable at over 95%.

In 2021, the total fund income of the national basic medical insurance (including maternity insurance) will be 2,872.758 billion yuan, an increase of 15.6% over the previous year; The current balance of basic medical insurance (including maternity insurance) funds was 468.448 billion yuan, and the accumulated balance was 3,615.630 billion yuan, of which the cumulative balance of employees' basic medical insurance personal accounts was 1,175.398 billion yuan.

In terms of maternity insurance

, in 2021, 64.34 million people insured by employee medical insurance will seek medical treatment in other places, and the cost of medical treatment in other places will be 166.3 billion yuan.

Residents medical insurance covered 43.18 million person-times of medical treatment in other places, and the cost of medical treatment in other places was 298.5 billion yuan.

Hospital expenses were directly settled across provinces for 4.4059 million person-times, involving 107.020 billion yuan in medical expenses and 62.463 billion yuan in medical insurance funds.

In terms of medical assistance

, in 2021, the national medical assistance expenditure will be 61.990 billion yuan, 88.16 million people will be subsidized to participate in basic medical insurance, and 101.26 million people will be provided outpatient and inpatient assistance. The national average inpatient assistance and outpatient assistance will be 1074 yuan and 88 yuan respectively.

In 2021, the central government will allocate 30.2 billion yuan in medical aid subsidies, an increase of 16.2% over the previous year.

  In 2021, the insurance coverage rate of rural low-income population included in the monitoring scope will be stabilized at over 99%.

Various medical insurance comprehensive assistance policies have benefited 123 million people in rural low-income population seeking medical treatment, reducing the burden of medical expenses of rural low-income population by 122.41 billion yuan.

In terms of the medical insurance drug catalog

, the "National Basic Medical Insurance, Work Injury Insurance and Maternity Insurance Drug Catalog (2021)" contains a total of 2,860 types of western medicines and Chinese patent medicines, of which 1,486 are western medicines and 1,374 are Chinese patent medicines. During the year, 74 new drugs were included. indivual.

It also contains 892 kinds of Chinese herbal medicines.

  Since the establishment of the National Medical Insurance Bureau in 2018, it has carried out 4 consecutive access negotiations on the medical insurance drug catalogue, and a total of 250 drugs have been added to the catalogue through negotiation, with an average price drop of more than 50%.

In 2021, 140 million people will be reimbursed for 221 negotiated drugs during the agreement period.

Through negotiated price reduction and medical insurance reimbursement, the cumulative burden on patients was reduced by 149.49 billion yuan during the year

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In terms of medical treatment in other places

, in 2021, 64.34 million people insured by employee medical insurance will seek medical treatment in other places, and the cost of medical treatment in other places will be 166.3 billion yuan.

Residents medical insurance covered 43.18 million person-times of medical treatment in other places, and the cost of medical treatment in other places was 298.5 billion yuan.

Hospital expenses were directly settled across provinces for 4.4059 million person-times, involving 107.020 billion yuan in medical expenses and 62.463 billion yuan in medical insurance funds.

  The pilot work of cross-provincial direct settlement of outpatient expenses has been steadily advanced. 45,600 networked designated medical institutions and 82,700 networked designated retail pharmacies have been opened. Outpatient expenses are directly settled across provinces for 9.496 million person-times, involving a total medical cost of 2.382 billion yuan and medical insurance fund payment of 1.321 billion yuan. billion.

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