Chinanews.com, August 10th. Ou Qingping, deputy director of the State Council’s Poverty Alleviation Office, said on the 10th that since poverty alleviation, the National Health Commission, the National Medical Insurance Administration and other relevant departments have conscientiously implemented the central government’s deployment of health poverty alleviation, and issued a series of policies for poverty-stricken areas. , Preferential policy measures for the poor. So far, more than 18 million poor patients have been effectively treated nationwide.
On the 10th, the State Council Information Office held a press conference on the results of the listing supervision work. Ou Qingping made the above statement when answering reporters’ questions.
According to Ou Qingping, one of the "three guarantees" is to guarantee basic medical care for the poor. Since the fight against poverty, the National Health Commission, the National Medical Insurance Bureau and other relevant departments have conscientiously implemented the central government's deployment of health poverty alleviation work, and introduced a series of preferential policies and measures for poor areas and poor people. The individual payment of the basic medical insurance for urban and rural residents of the poor will be subsidized by the government in accordance with the regulations, and the preferential medical expense reimbursement measures will be implemented. The deductible for the poor will be reduced by 50% and the payment ratio will be increased by 5 percentage points. The cap line was completely cancelled. At the same time, the poor people suffering from serious diseases and long-term chronic diseases have been treated in different batches. So far, more than 18 million poor patients have been effectively treated nationwide.
In addition, Ou Qingping mentioned that the National Health Commission also organizes tertiary hospitals across the country to assist county-level hospitals in poor counties to help improve clinical service capabilities. At present, a total of 1,007 tertiary hospitals in various regions and 1,172 hospitals in poor counties have carried out paired assistance. From the perspective of medical security, all poor people have been included in the scope of basic medical insurance.
"In addition, the blank spots of rural medical institutions and personnel have been cleared, which solved the problem that the people can see the disease. Included in the basic medical insurance, I understand that it solves the problem that the people can see the disease, so the basic medical care is guaranteed. It is close to being realized." Ou Qingping said.
At the same time, Ou Qingping pointed out that although the current existing problems have been solved in general, there are still dynamic incremental problems in terms of the original medical insurance suspension due to job changes or unemployment of the poor labor force, and the addition of newborns to the population of poor families. The committee will guide all localities to solve this problem.
Although the level of basic medical services in poverty-stricken areas has been greatly improved, compared with developed areas, gaps still exist. There are some gaps in terms of hardware conditions and the ability of medical staff. This is the next step in consolidation. The direction to continue efforts in the work of poverty alleviation results.
Regarding the epidemic prevention capabilities of poor areas, Ou Qingping said that the epidemic is a very good test for the epidemic prevention capabilities of poor counties. Because poor areas are located in remote areas, the overall impact of the epidemic is not particularly severe, precisely because The efforts of grassroots cadres in poverty-stricken areas, especially the work teams stationed in villages, have played a major role in the epidemic prevention work. Therefore, the epidemic prevention work has been done very well and prevented the further spread of the epidemic. Improving the ability to prevent and control the epidemic in poor areas is also an important point to further improve the capacity of medical and health services in poor areas.