Premier's plan: to include outpatient fees for chronic diseases into medical insurance and reduce the starting line of serious disease insurance

On March 15, the second session of the 13th National People's Congress held a press conference in the Great Hall of the people in Beijing Premier Li Keqiang met with Chinese and foreign journalists at the invitation of spokesman Zhang Yesui and answered questions from journalists When CCTV reporter asked: it is difficult for ordinary people to see a doctor and expensive, and they can't enjoy high-quality medical resources, especially for those who have a serious illness, which brings a heavy burden to their families What other effective measures does the government take to solve these problems? Li Keqiang replied: 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 a lot of voices about the high cost of anti-cancer drugs We have reduced the price of 17 anti-cancer drugs by more than 50% through tax reduction and other methods, and included them into the medical insurance system, which has greatly reduced the burden of cancer patients, especially the poor people 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 should reduce the starting line of serious illness insurance and increase the proportion of reimbursement 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 Premier Li Keqiang met with Chinese and foreign journalists who interviewed the two sessions of the National People's Congress and answered questions in full: Reuters reporter: last year, China took a series of measures to relax monetary conditions, and also increased tax reduction and fee reduction This year, China said that it would further relax monetary conditions, further reduce taxes and fees, and increase infrastructure investment Is the problem facing China's economy more serious than previously thought? If the slowdown continues, will China consider taking more forceful measures, including lifting real estate restrictions and lowering benchmark interest rates? Li Keqiang: this reporter friend likes to go straight in, so I'm open and honest China's economy has indeed encountered new downward pressure Now the world economy is slowing down During this period of more than one month, several major international authorities are lowering their expectations of world economic growth China's expected target of moderate economic growth is adjusted in the way of interval regulation, which not only links up with last year's economic growth, but also shows that we will not let the economic operation slip out of a reasonable range, which can be said to send a stable signal to the market China's China's economic growth was not easily won by the party's Central Committee under the leadership of Comrade Xi Jinping Under the guidance of Xi Jinping's new socialist ideology with Chinese characteristics, the whole nation struggled to fight against it In the process of advancing the structural reform of the supply side, faced with the background of the rise of protectionism in the international trade, China's economy achieved a 6.6% growth rate The gross domestic product has reached 90 trillion yuan On this basis, this year's economic growth is expected to be 6% to 6.5% This is an increase on a high base and a large total, which is progress in itself Of course, in the face of new downward pressure, we need to take strong measures One way is to carry out quantitative easing, over issue money, significantly increase the deficit rate, and carry out the so-called "flood irrigation", which may be effective for a while, but if the radish is too fast to wash the mud, it will bring sequelae, so it is not advisable We still need to keep up with the downward pressure by stimulating market vitality In the past few years, we have also encountered downward pressure What we have taken is to stimulate market vitality Because market vitality has increased, the impetus for development will inevitably increase Now there are more than 100 million market entities in China It is immeasurable to stimulate their vitality We should continue to push forward a series of measures, such as reducing taxes and fees, simplifying administration, cultivating new driving forces, relaxing market access and creating a fair competition environment, so as to untie the market, vacate the position of enterprises and relieve people's worries By releasing their creativity, we will be able to keep the economy in a reasonable range and promote high-quality development Of course, there are many uncertainties this year, and we need more preparation and policy space For example, this year we increased the deficit rate by 0.2 percentage point to 2.8%, which does not exceed the international warning line of 3% We can also use quantitative or price-based tools such as deposit reserve ratio and interest rate This is not to loosen monetary policy, but to make the real economy more effectively supported No matter what kind of new situation happens, it is very important for us to keep China's economic stability based on the current situation and long-term perspective, and keep the long-term trend of China's economic development unchanged China's economy will always be an important "anchor of stability" for the world economy On March 15, the second session of the 13th National People's Congress held a press conference in the Great Hall of the people in Beijing Premier Li Keqiang met with Chinese and foreign journalists at the invitation of spokesman Zhang Yesui and answered questions from journalists Yin Bogu, a reporter from Xinhua news agency, photographed by Caixin weekly: the Chinese government has introduced a series of measures on tax reduction and fee reduction Many entrepreneurs have reported that corporate tax is still very heavy This year, the government has introduced a larger scale of tax reduction and fee reduction Do you think that enterprises can get benefits? Is finance sustainable? Li Keqiang: in recent years, we have used business tax to value-added tax and other measures to cut taxes and fees for enterprises by an average of 1 trillion yuan a year and 3 trillion yuan in three years It should be said that the scale of our tax reduction is relatively large This year, we are determined to cut taxes and fees on a larger scale, reduce the contribution rates of value-added tax and basic endowment insurance units, and reduce taxes and fees by nearly two trillion yuan This can be said to be a very important key measure to cope with the current downward pressure on the economy This is conducive to fairness, because according to the rules, all kinds of ownership enterprises can generally benefit from tax reduction and fee reduction, and the policy efficiency is very high, one pole to the end, directly to the main market The VAT will be reduced on April 1, and the social security rate will be reduced on May 1, which will be pushed forward in an all-round way I don't think there is any other way to feel fairer and more effective than this This year's larger-scale tax reduction is a major reform and an important choice We have repeatedly calculated before that there are many schemes One is to reduce the value-added tax rate by one percentage point every year in the next few years, but in the current situation, enterprises may not feel deeply So we are determined to reduce the value-added tax rate of manufacturing and other industries, which account for nearly 60% of the total value-added tax, by 3 percentage points, and that of some industries, such as construction, by 1 percentage point All other industries will also ensure that they will only reduce or not increase As a result of the tax system, some industries may have less deductions in the process of promotion, and the tax will increase We have also made serious preparations for them to increase the amount of deductions, use the patching method, and implement the inclusive tax reduction for all small and medium-sized micro enterprises, so as to ensure that the tax burden of all industries will only be reduced but not increased For the payment rate of basic endowment insurance units, we have also made it clear that it can be reduced from 20% of the original provisions to 16% Tax reduction is to reduce income This year, we will make arrangements for fiscal expenditure to keep pace with GDP growth and ensure that expenditures in key areas of people's livelihood and in the three major battles will only increase or not decrease So people ask where the money comes from? The deficit has only increased by 0.2 percentage points What if we can't fill in this hole? Our approach is that the government should live a tight life, not only to reduce the general expenditure of the government, but also to increase the profits handed over by specific state-owned financial institutions and central enterprises, to enter the state treasury, and to recover the long-term deposited financial funds Through these measures, we have raised 1 trillion yuan We also ask local governments to tap into the potential and do their homework well For the central and western regions, we will provide appropriate transfer payment support To reduce taxes and fees on a large scale is to stimulate the government's stock interests and cut its own flesh So I say this is a reform with a blade inward and a strong man with a broken wrist Just now, the reporter asked, is this financially sustainable? We also calculated and posted it carefully In fact, we are offering tax cuts to the manufacturing and other basic industries and to the small and medium-sized enterprises that have the largest employment generation This is actually "releasing water and raising fish" and cultivating financial resources In the past few years, in the process of replacing business tax with value-added tax, we also reduced revenue at first, but later the tax base expanded and the revenue increased Now, we need to adjust the structure of national income distribution, which is also a reform From the perspective of trend, we should give profits to the real economy and enterprises, and let them have a larger proportion in the national income distribution cake, so as to promote more employment and increase the income of the employed people To this end, the government will have to live a tight life, let profits, the government's stock interests also need to move, offend people also need to move, let the benefit of enterprises, let the benefit of the people, so that the finance can be more sustainable, on the contrary, it may be a question mark We are not doing this to advance the future, but to nurture it Now it can be said that the real gold and silver have been prepared, and relevant departments and governments at all levels should implement them We must not allow the policy to be "blatant", let alone change the pattern of arbitrary charges to impact the effectiveness of tax reduction and fee reduction We should let enterprises and market entities really feel the real effect of tax reduction and fee reduction on a larger scale South Korea's East Asia Daily: after the Hanoi meeting of North Korean and US leaders, it is believed that North Korea may be preparing to resume rocket launching There is still uncertainty about the next development of the situation on the Korean Peninsula What do you think of this? As a neighbor of strategic communication and high-level exchanges with North Korea, what kind of constructive role is China currently playing in order to promote peace and promote talks and resolve differences between the two countries? Li Keqiang: The Peninsula issue is complex and has a long history It can't be solved overnight For some time, everyone has paid more attention to the meeting between the DPRK and the US leaders in Hanoi After the meeting, both sides expressed their intention to continue contacts I think contact is better than no contact We still need to be patient and seize the opportunity, especially the positive factors that have emerged at present, to promote dialogue, especially the DPRK US dialogue, and achieve the results that we all hope to achieve China has always adhered to the denuclearization of the peninsula and hopes to maintain peace and stability on the peninsula, which has never changed To solve the Peninsula issue well is not only beneficial to the north and south, but also to the region and the world China News Agency: we have noticed that the Chinese government has been trying to improve people's livelihood in recent years, but we will also hear some complaints in the field of people's livelihood Next year we will build a moderately prosperous society in all respects,