Ministry of Health: Encouraging qualified commercial insurance agencies to handle new rural cooperative business

The Ministry of Health held a special press conference today to introduce the progress of the new rural cooperative medical system. Yang Qing, Director of the Department of Rural Health of the Ministry of Health, said that qualified commercial insurance agencies should be encouraged to handle the new rural cooperative business, promote the formation of multiple supplementary medical insurance mechanisms, and share high medical expenses for major diseases.

Yang Qing responded to reporters' remarks about “whether it has piloted commercial insurance agencies to handle the new rural cooperative business”. First, we encourage qualified commercial insurance agencies to handle the new rural cooperative business. Secondly, this year we will begin to explore the New Rural Cooperative Fund in some areas and come up with a small amount of money, for example, 3 yuan, as a supplemental medical insurance for serious illnesses. The purpose is to resist the risk of major illnesses. Some places are already piloting, such as Tibet. , took out 10 dollars to buy commercial insurance for major diseases.

When referring to the key points of the new rural cooperative medical work in 2012, Yang Qing also said that it is necessary to actively explore the participation of commercial insurance institutions in the pilot work of the new rural cooperative medical services. Expanding pilot and qualified commercial insurance agencies to participate in the new rural cooperative management services, exploring the use of the new rural cooperative fund to purchase commercial major illness insurance, and promoting the formation of multiple supplementary medical insurance mechanisms to share the high cost of major diseases and medical expenses.