National Health and Family Planning Commission: this year, the proportion of reimbursement for hospitalization expenses of NCMS will be increased by 5%

Source: Xinhua News Agency on July 5, 2016, Li Bin, director of the national health and Family Planning Commission, said at the national health poverty alleviation work conference held in Lanzhou, Gansu Province that this year, the proportion of hospitalization expense reimbursement within the scope of the new rural cooperative medical system policy will be increased by more than 5 percentage points Li Bin said that according to the data of the Poverty Alleviation Office of the State Council, 42% of the rural poor in China return to poverty due to illness, and even up to 50% in some places Among all kinds of causes of poverty, poverty due to illness ranks first in all regions According to the introduction, at present, the new rural cooperative medical system in China has covered more than 97% of rural residents, and the proportion of reimbursement for outpatient and inpatient expenses within the policy scope has reached about 50% and 75%, respectively The ability of the national medical insurance system to prevent serious diseases and carry out the bottom line has been further enhanced.