Medicare will lift the daily cost cap on low-cost drugs
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Last Update: 2021-02-13
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Source: Internet
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Author: User
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low-cost drugs ushered in a major good, or can get rid of the fate of supply. The State Health Insurance Administration recently replied to the "Proposal No. 0177 of the second session of the 13th National Committee of the CPPCC", made it clear that in the future, the existing daily average daily cost cap on low-cost drugs will be lifted, as soon as possible to establish a monitoring and early warning platform for the use of scarce drugs, strengthen the production of clinically necessary drug orders, and form a combination of low-cost drug price supervision.It is understood that the existing average daily cost standards for low-cost drugs in accordance with the National Development and Reform Commission "on improving the price management of low-cost drugs related issues" to determine that the national reform of the drug price mechanism, the abolition of government pricing management, to encourage the production, operation and use of low-cost drugs to take a phased measure. The National Health Insurance Administration said it is actively working with relevant departments to study and revise and improve relevant policy measures.In fact, China's current low-cost drug price mechanism is not perfect, some clinical needs of urgent low-cost drugs in the supply of new problems. And this time the National Health Insurance Administration's reply, that is, the removal of the existing low-cost drug daily average cost cap, will be able to make the production of pharmaceutical companies to obtain reasonable profits, thereby effectively alleviating the short-term or even long-term discontinuation of drug supply problems, to avoid low-cost drugs into a shortage of drugs.At the same time, for recent media reports about drug shortages and price increases, the National Health Insurance Administration said the relevant departments have repeatedly organized cross-sectoral joint research. At present, with the gradual establishment and improvement of the shortage of drug supply guarantee system, the contradiction of drug shortage has been alleviated, the large-scale, long-term shortage is less, mainly temporary, local shortage. The centralized production and stockpile of drugs in short supply has been strengthened. It was identified that the three pharmaceutical production enterprises' complexes are centralized production bases for small varieties of drugs (shortage drugs) and to ensure the stable production and supply of about 60 drugs that are prone to shortage. We will arrange special funds for industrial transformation and upgrading to support capacity-building in the supply guarantee of production and supply, such as drugs in short supply. We will promote the normal shortage of medicines at the central and local levels.In addition, the State Health Insurance Administration said in its reply letter that china's drug prices have remained stable overall, especially some drugs of important clinical value, is in the process of centralized "band procurement" pilot, the price drop is significant, to protect the basic drug needs of the masses, reduce the burden of drug use has played a positive role. (Beijing Youth Daily)
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