贫困人口基本医疗保险已实现"应保尽保"
The basic health insurance has paid 330 billion yuan for poor farmers since 2018 as part of a broader move to curb absolute poverty.The benefits helped about 10 million impoverished families escape poverty, and the plan's participation rate has stabilized at more than 99.9 percent among the nation's impoverished population, Chen Jinfu, deputy head of the National Healthcare Security Bureau, said. The basic healthcare plan reimburses 60 percent of medical bills on average. When coupled with other preferential policies toward poor farmers-such as subsidies for high blood pressure and diabetes medicines-the rate can reach about 80 percent. The central government earmarked 27.5 billion yuan in health assistance to combat poverty this year, and 90 percent went to keep plans going in central and western regions, home to most of the country's impoverished counties. More than 110 medications and devices have seen their prices plunge by 54 percent on average, making hospital bills 53.9 billion yuan cheaper. |