The National Health and Health Commission: my country's basic medical insurance covers 1.36 billion people for medical insurance for national medical insurance

Guangming.com (Reporter Yuan Qing) The National Health and Health Commission held a press conference on September 20 to introduce the progress and effectiveness of aging work since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Wang Haidong, the director of the National Health Commission, introduced at the meeting that as of the end of 2021, the country participated in basic pension insurance 1.03 billion. Basic medical insurance covers 1.36 billion people, and the participation rate is stable at more than 95%, and medical insurance for the whole people is basically realized. There are 49 pilot cities for long -term care insurance and 145 million participants.

Wang Haidong said that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the National Health Commission and member units of the National Aging Commission have improved the policy and systems, paid close attention to work implementation, have made significant progress and results in aging work, and the work system of aging work in the new era has continued to improve.

"The construction of the elderly service system continues to strengthen. Improve the support policy of elderly care services, enhance the supply capacity of pension services, make up for the shortcomings of the pension services, and improve the quality of pension services." Wang Haidong said that as of the first quarter of 2022 The total number is 360,000, with 8.126 million beds.

Wang Haidong said that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the construction of the elderly health service system in my country has been promoted solidly. Incorporate the combination of elderly health and medical care services into the basic public health service projects, carry out the promotion of elderly health, and continuously improve the health management and service level of the elderly. In -depth advancement of medical care, as of the end of 2021, there were 6,492 medical and nursing institutions in the country, with a total of 1.75 million beds, and nearly 79,000 medical care contracting.

At the same time, social participation of the elderly has continued to expand. my country vigorously develops elderly education and sets more than 40,000 elderly education learning points at the grassroots level. Public cultural facilities at all levels have been opened for free for the elderly, and tourist attractions in various places have implemented preferential policies for ticket reduction and exemption. The vast number of elderly people actively participate in various cultural and sports activities. Continue to carry out volunteer actions such as "silver age action" to play the positive role of the elderly.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, my country has steadily promoted the construction of a friendly society for the elderly. Wang Haidong introduced that my country has strengthened the treatment of the elderly and the guarantee of rights and interests. Since 2012, the national legal aid agencies have organized a total of more than 1.098 million legal aid cases of the elderly. Carry out the aging transformation of families with old people in urban old communities and special difficulties, and promote the construction of a livable environment for the elderly. Start the creation of national demonstration elderly friendly communities. Introduce policies and measures to solve the problems of using intelligent technology for the elderly to help the elderly cross the "digital gap".

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