Yizhou focuses on medical security for the poor

Since the beginning of this year, Yizhou district in Hechi has focused on the operational goals of its medical security measures, as well as promoted the full coverage of the insurance and subsidy policy for impoverished people, preventing people that are struggling financially from becoming impoverished due to illness.

Yizhou has implemented the policy of providing financial subsidies to the rural poor so they can participate in the individual payment of the basic medical insurance program for urban and rural residents, increasing the participation rate of urban and rural residents.

The district's medical insurance department has authorized township health centers to be responsible for handling the special chronic disease card for poor patients, including approving the cards after the preliminary review, organizing expert identification, issuing chronic disease cards, and reporting to the medical insurance department for records.

The district has implemented the policy of preferential treatment of basic medical insurance benefits to the poor, as well as increased the reimbursement ratio for impoverished people for outpatient treatment of chronic diseases and hospitalization due to illness by 80 percent and 90 percent respectively. In addition, people can also enjoy policies of pay after treatment and one-stop service settlement for hospitalization expenses in designated medical institutions.

The district has also distributed medical insurance manuals to designated medical institutions and patients free of charge to publicize related policies, established the family doctor contracted service system to improve service quality, as well as strengthened the training of village doctors' operational skills.