It's still doubtful whether the free supply of basic drugs can finally land

Source: great wisdom ashdak news agency, July 23, 2014, recently, the national health and Family Planning Commission held a symposium in Hami, Xinjiang on the basic drug free supply mode to discuss the feasibility of the mode This means that the free supply of essential drugs has been put on the agenda of relevant departments During the meeting, participants (including Zheng Hong, director of the drug administration department, and other persons from Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Jilin, Henan, etc Leaders of health and family planning committees of provinces and cities exchanged and reported on the theoretical basis for the implementation of the free use policy of essential drugs, the exploration of the financing mechanism of free essential drugs and the study of supporting measures, as well as the impact of the implementation of the free supply program of basic drugs at the grass-roots level and policy recommendations A medical policy research expert told reporters that free supply of basic drugs has been put forward by many people since the national basic drug catalog came out, but the implementation of free supply needs to form a unified view between the medical insurance catalog and the basic drug catalog, that is, after all class a reimbursement of basic drugs, so he thought "this policy should not be implemented until the new medical insurance catalog comes out" In fact, the reference of "free supply of essential drugs" has been mentioned several times this year At the drug administration meeting in Luoyang organized by the drug administration department of the state health and Family Planning Commission in April, the leaders of the drug administration department asked all the participants to "focus on the mode, method and path of free supply of essential drugs at the grassroots level"; 3 In May, Shanghai Health Development Research Center also undertook the research project of "feasibility plan for free supply of basic drugs at the grassroots level" by the national health and Family Planning Commission If this move is implemented, it will have an impact on pharmaceutical production, supply, bidding, market and other links However, according to the above analysis, now some places have begun to take "free supply of essential drugs" as a research topic, but only stay in the stage of the topic Even if the health and Family Planning Commission agrees to implement the policy, it also needs the support of the subsequent reimbursement policy of the social security department.