Circ expressly encourages insurance companies to invest in medical institutions

BCC network Beijing, June 11 (reporter Sun Ying) The China Insurance Regulatory Commission today (11th) issued an opinion to support the insurance industry to actively participate in multi-level medical security system construction, and explicitly encourage insurance companies to invest in medical institutions. The CIRC requires the insurance companies to take part in the reform of public hospitals, invest in medical institutions and promote the complementary advantages of the insurance industry and medical service industries according to the spirit of the health reform opinion.　　In particular, the support of professional health insurance companies and other relevant insurance agencies to explore first. Prior to the media investigation has been a number of insurance companies have begun to layout, in this respect, the insurance regulatory Department of Life Insurance Supervision and health care director Poncher said: "Internationally speaking, the international health insurance companies have their own set up or holding the medical institutions, I understand that there is interest in the company, has not been reported　　"In the new medical reform plan, it is clearly put forward that" to accelerate the establishment and improvement of the basic medical security as the main body, other forms of complementary health insurance and commercial health insurance as a supplement to cover urban and rural residents of multi-level medical security system. " On the prospect of direct investment in medical institutions, Pang Xuefeng said: "Because the risk of health insurance is to regulate and control the medical behavior, if there is a stronger strategic cooperation with the medical institutions, there may be a convergence of interests in this regulatory control, the whole health insurance risk control, the natural cost will come down, In turn, the common people will benefit. ”