This year, the cooperative medical treatment was 380 yuan, and the village cadres went to the countryside to force them to paySuch situations are not uncommon in rural areas. However, we cannot simply attribute it to the abuse of power or overburdening of village cadres. Behind it is the imperfection of the medical security system in rural areas and the actual needs of farmers.
Cooperative health care in rural areas is supposed to provide basic medical security to farmers to help them cope with unexpected injuries and high medical costs. However, in practice, due to insufficient funds and poor information, the effect of cooperative medical care is not ideal. In some places, village cadres may use compulsory methods to force farmers to pay fees in order to solve the problem of funding, which has sparked some controversy.
For example, in a remote rural area, where there is a perennial shortage of doctors and medicines, when a farmer needs to seek medical attention in a timely manner, he often has to trek through mountains and rivers to reach the nearest medical facility. However, due to the lack of effective cooperative medical mechanisms, these farmers have to pay huge costs for medical treatment. When village officials urge them to pay cooperative medical fees, it can be even worse for them.
Therefore, it is imperative to improve the health care system in rural areas. ** We can further increase investment in medical resources in rural areas, improve the service level of grassroots medical institutions, and promote medical services to rural areas. At the same time, it is also necessary to establish a sound information sharing mechanism, so that farmers can keep abreast of cooperative medical policies and cost standards in a timely manner, and avoid information asymmetry. Only in this way can farmers truly enjoy reasonable and efficient medical security, and the promotion and maintenance of village cadres can be widely recognized.