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    400 million patients with chronic diseases are welcome to weigh in! 50% of drugs are expected to be reimbursed

    • Last Update: 2019-03-15
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    On March 15, after the closing of the second session of the 13th National People's Congress, Premier Li Keqiang met with Chinese and foreign journalists in the Golden Hall on the third floor of the Great Hall of the people and answered their questions In response to the CCTV reporter's question on how to reduce the burden of patients' seeing a doctor, Li Keqiang said that the government will make efforts in two aspects this year: first, the outpatient medication for patients with chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes will be included in the medical insurance, and 50% of the reimbursement will be given, which will benefit 400 million patients with hypertension and diabetes in China; second, the starting line of the serious illness insurance should be reduced and improved Reimbursement standard of serious illness insurance Now nearly 1.4 billion people are covered by serious illness insurance More people, tens of millions of people, can benefit directly Attached is the live interview record of CCTV: how do you do, premier As you said before, there are still many things to be done in the field of people's livelihood, so I would like to raise a question about medical treatment next We have noticed that it is difficult for ordinary people to see a doctor and expensive, and they cannot enjoy high-quality medical resources Especially those who have a serious illness bring a heavy burden to their families What other effective measures does the government take to solve these problems? Thank you Premier Li Keqiang: seeing a doctor is really an important issue for people's livelihood, especially a serious illness The problem of expensive and difficult medical treatment does exist in our country In recent years, we have worked hard to establish not only a system to provide basic medical insurance to the whole people, but also a mechanism for the government and residents to share the burden, purchase serious illness insurance and establish serious illness insurance This is an important measure to alleviate the burden of patients with serious illness, especially the poor people It should also be an innovation in the world Last year, we heard many voices about the high cost of anticancer drugs We reduced the price of 17 kinds of anticancer drugs by more than 50% through tax reduction and other methods, and included them in the medical insurance, which greatly reduced the burden on cancer patients, especially the people in need We should do whatever we can This year we will do two more things in this regard, and try our best First, the outpatient medication for patients with chronic diseases such as hypertension and diabetes will be included in the medical insurance, and 50% of the reimbursement will be given, which will benefit 400 million patients with hypertension and diabetes in China I went to the grass-roots level to investigate Some people told me that they can't stop taking medicine every day because they have such chronic diseases They have a heavy burden Some people use a large part of their pensions to buy medicine We should try our best to solve this problem Second, we need to reduce the starting line of serious illness insurance and improve the reimbursement standard of serious illness insurance Now nearly 1.4 billion people have entered the serious illness insurance We need to let more people and tens of millions of people directly benefit from it, because our serious illness insurance has multiple effects It should be noted that although our medical insurance covers the whole people, its level is not high, especially that the per capita annual income of farmers is less than 15000 yuan, so it is very difficult to bear the serious diseases on their own So the government and society should work together to alleviate the pain of people's livelihood There is no happiness without health Thank you.
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