Liguo: Medical aid has formed a more complete system

Author: "Reporter Chen Jingqing 8th Beijing Report" at the press conference held at the News center of the four National People's Congress today, the Minister of Civil Affairs Liguo the progress of establishing the urban and rural medical aid system. Liguo said that the Ministry of Civil Affairs in conjunction with relevant departments since 2003 to establish a rural medical assistance system, the 2005 began to establish a city medical assistance system, respectively, in 2006, covering all rural areas, covering all cities in 2008.　　In the development of medical aid work, a comparatively complete system has been formed in terms of the scope of medical assistance, the standard of relief, the content of relief, the rescue procedure, management and fund supervision. Liguo said that the central finance and local finance continue to increase the input of medical aid, in the amount of money invested in the central government has increased from 2003 to 300 million yuan to 2010 years of 10.9 billion yuan, while local finance is also increasing the investment in medical aid, so last year, the total expenditure of medical assistance reached 15.2 billion yuan,　　With the policy system, with financial input, operating norms and management organizations, medical aid has been rescued last year more than 60 million people, including funding to participate in the new rural cooperative medical care and urban residents of the basic medical insurance more than 50 million times, direct implementation of medical assistance more than 10 million times. In addition to explaining the progress of urban and rural health systems, Liguo also explained the situation of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in response to the disaster last year. He said that the Ministry of Civil Affairs to implement the Natural disaster relief regulations, the whole year allocated relief funds of 11.344 billion yuan, rescue the affected people more than 90 million people, emergency transfer resettlement 18.584 million people, to help rebuild 585,000 homes collapsed dwellings, effectively deal with the severe situation of concurrent, heavy disaster.