Learn the daily question and answer of the Decision | Why should we promote the coordinated development and governance of medical care, medical insurance and medicine?
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 23 rd, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China’s Decision on Further Deepening Reform and Promoting Chinese Modernization pointed out: "Promote the coordinated development and governance of medical care, medical insurance and medicine." Medical treatment refers to the medical and health services provided by medical and health institutions and medical personnel. It is the core content of medical treatment, health care and rehabilitation for the masses. It has the most direct relationship with the masses and the most concrete feelings of the masses. Medical insurance refers to the medical security system and its level of protection. Medical insurance fund is the "life-saving money" for people to see a doctor, and it is also an important source of financing for medical services and medical products. Medicine refers to Chinese and western medicines, medical devices, medical consumables and other related products. As an important means of medical and health services, it is directly related to the quality, safety and ability of services. The state exercises strict supervision over medical products to ensure quality, safety and effectiveness, and encourages innovation to increase the supply of high-quality medical products. There are three main considerations for the coordinated development and governance of "three medicines".
First, the "three doctors" are interrelated and inseparable. Medical care plays a major role in serving the people’s life, illness, illness, and medical treatment. By deepening the structural reform of the supply side of medical services, we will vigorously develop new quality productivity of health care, mobilize the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of the majority of medical staff, promote the high-quality development of health care, and better meet the people’s yearning for a better life. Medical insurance is connected with the "demand side" of the people, which reduces the economic burden of patients by exerting the guarantee function; The other end is connected with the two "suppliers" of medical care and medicine, which can not only adjust the supply of medical services, standardize medical service behavior, promote hospital reform and promote graded diagnosis and treatment through payment methods and price policies, but also reduce the price of medical products through centralized procurement of pharmaceutical consumables and exert leverage. The production and supply of high-quality and high-efficiency pharmaceutical products provide necessary technical means and material guarantee for medical and health services, and at the same time get reasonable compensation from payers such as medical insurance to realize the healthy development of the industry. Medical care, medical insurance and medicine jointly protect people’s health. To improve the development level of health undertakings, it is necessary for relevant departments to cooperate closely and make concerted efforts to promote the coordinated development and governance of "three medicines".
Second, the coordinated development and governance of the "three medicines" can further benefit the people and the people and better solve the people’s livelihood problems. Medical and health service is an important part of public service and an important field that people expect for a better life. With the development of economy and society and the continuous improvement of people’s living standards, people hope to obtain more safe, effective, convenient and cheap medical and health services, more comprehensive coverage and higher level of basic medical security, and innovative and advanced medical products. Only by vigorously promoting the coordinated development and governance of the "three medicines" and forming a joint effort can we better meet the people’s new expectations for a better life, improve the people’s sense of acquisition, happiness and security, and deepen the reform of the medical and health system to benefit people’s livelihood more directly.
Third, the coordinated development and governance of the "three medicines" is conducive to promoting the governance of all links in the whole chain of the medical field and correcting unhealthy trends. Influenced by many factors, there are still some phenomena and problems in the field of medicine and health that endanger the interests of the people and harm public welfare and people’s health rights and interests. Among them, there are some problems in medical service, such as big prescription, excessive examination and overuse of drugs, which damage people’s health and waste health resources; There are also fraudulent behaviors in the field of medical insurance, which seriously threaten the safety of medical insurance funds; There are also problems in the field of pharmaceutical production, circulation and sales, such as "sales with gold", price increases at different levels, and imaginary costs. These problems are often intertwined, connecting multiple stakeholders and running through many links of "three medicines". To solve these problems, we must adhere to the party’s leadership, treat both the symptoms and the root causes, strengthen supervision in the whole chain, comprehensively adopt institutional supervision, functional supervision, behavioral supervision, penetrating supervision, continuous supervision and other means, strengthen the linkage between the "three medical" departments, strengthen the connection between discipline and law and execution, and severely crack down on and punish acts that infringe on public rights and interests according to law. The coordinated development and management of the "three medicines" can achieve the above objectives, and play a positive role in controlling unhealthy trends and establishing new trends in the industry, and play a significant role.