Li Keqiang presided over the executive meeting of the State Council

Deploy during the "Two Festivals" period to strengthen the livelihood security for the people in need and the subsistence allowances affected by the epidemic

Deploy to further promote the reform of centralized drug procurement with regular and institutionalized measures to reduce the burden of medical care for the masses

  Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council presided over an executive meeting of the State Council on January 15 to deploy during the "two festivals" period to strengthen the livelihood security of the people affected by the epidemic situation and the subsistence allowances; deployment to further promote the reform of centralized drug procurement with a normalized system Chemical measures to reduce the burden of people seeking medical care.

  The meeting pointed out that in accordance with the deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, all localities and relevant departments have conscientiously implemented measures to ensure the prevention and control of the people’s livelihood, provided assistance to the victims of the disaster, and provided additional living and price subsidies for the subsistence allowances, which played an important role in ensuring the basic lives of the needy effect.

As the Spring Festival is approaching, it is necessary to further accurately assist the needy and support groups in need.

First, we must maintain adequate market supply and stable prices, activate the linkage mechanism between social assistance and security standards and price increases as appropriate, and timely issue relevant subsidies to groups such as subsistence allowances to ensure basic living conditions.

Second, we must strengthen the monitoring and investigation of the people who have been lifted out of poverty and the marginalized population to ensure that there are no omissions in the protection of social assistance.

Third, we must urge all localities and relevant departments to make relevant arrangements for the lives of local migrant workers and students in school, and strengthen care services for left-behind children and the elderly in rural areas.

Fourth, we must conduct thorough investigations, help orphans, disabled people, and mentally ill groups with special difficulties to solve their difficulties in life, and provide targeted assistance to people in temporary difficulties.

Fifth, we must ensure the basic livelihoods of flood victims, especially those temporarily resettled.

Sixth, we must focus on supporting and safeguarding people's livelihood, and make good use of the 100 billion yuan in aid and subsidy funds allocated by the central government in advance to strengthen supervision and prevent misappropriation.

It is necessary to consolidate the responsibilities of local governments, make enough funds for basic people's livelihood protection, and distribute them in full and timely to the people in need of assistance in accordance with the requirements of direct funding.

The meeting emphasized that in response to the current local clustering of epidemics in some areas, we must strengthen management and control of the epidemic. We must simultaneously promote epidemic prevention and control and protect the basic lives of the people, and ensure the market supply of daily necessities such as rice, noodles, oil, vegetables, meat, eggs, and milk, so that the people can rest assured for the New Year.

  The meeting pointed out that health is a vital matter for the people.

In order to gradually solve the problem of expensive medical treatment, the state has promoted major reforms in the centralized procurement and use of drugs in recent years. As of the end of last year, three batches of centralized procurement have been carried out. The average price of covered drugs has been reduced by 54%, saving more than 53 billion yuan each year, benefiting 100 million yuan. Million patients.

In the near future, the fourth batch of centralized procurement will be launched and the scope of centralized procurement of high-value medical consumables will be expanded.

The meeting requested that in accordance with the deployment of the medical reform, adhere to the three-medicine linkage, and promote the normalization and institutionalization of centralized drug procurement.

First, in accordance with the basic and clinical principles, the focus is to include drugs with large amounts and high purchase prices in the basic medical insurance drug catalogue into the procurement scope, and gradually cover all kinds of clinically necessary and reliable drugs and consumables on the domestic market.

Public medical institutions should participate in centralized procurement.

The study made special arrangements for the purchase of "orphan drugs" for the treatment of rare diseases.

Second, eligible generic drugs, original research drugs and reference preparations will participate in centralized procurement under common names, and selected companies, drugs and consumables will be produced through fair competition in quality and price.

Medical institutions must ensure that the selected drugs are used first and increase the purchase volume as much as possible according to demand.

The selected companies must ensure that the price is reduced, the quality is not reduced, and the efficacy is not reduced, and the supply is guaranteed.

Strengthen the supervision of the entire chain of production, circulation and use of selected drugs and consumables.

The third is that centralized procurement should reduce the burden on patients while taking into account the reasonable profits of the enterprise, promote the concentration of the pharmaceutical and consumable industries in competition, promote product innovation and upgrade, and provide medical institutions with incentives to save the medical insurance costs in accordance with the regulations, and strive to make this This reform has benefited patients, enterprises, and medical institutions.

  The meeting also studied other matters.