How to weave a tight social security net (Policy Q&A: What China's economy will do in 2024).
The first economic work conference held at the end of last year proposed: "Hold around, be accurate, and firmly adhere to the bottom line of people's livelihood" and "weave a dense and solid social security net".
In 2023, all localities and departments will continue to strengthen the construction of inclusive, basic and comprehensive people's livelihood, and the multi-level social security system will continue to improve. As of the end of last year, the number of social security card holders nationwide was 137.9 billion people, covering 97For 7% of the population, the number of people insured by basic old-age insurance, unemployment and work-related injury insurance increased by 13.36 million, 5.66 million and 10.54 million respectively year-on-year, and the basic old-age insurance for difficult groups was basically fully insured, and the medical insurance participation rate of low-income rural population and poverty alleviation population remained stable at 999% or more.
In 2024, how to weave the social security net tightly? The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the relevant person in charge of the National Health Insurance Bureau said that this year will continue to increase investment in people's livelihood and accelerate the completion of shortcomings.
Stick to the bottom line. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security will continue to implement assistance policies such as paying pension insurance premiums for urban and rural residents for groups in need. The National Health Insurance Administration will continue to consolidate and expand the achievements of poverty alleviation, improve the multi-level medical security system, and more accurately reduce the burden of medical expenses on patients with serious illnesses.
Optimize services. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security will further enhance the convenience of supporting direct settlement of local and cross-provincial medical treatment through social security cards, continue to deepen the application of social security in various fields such as pension, work-related injury and unemployment, and will also promote the pilot work of occupational injury protection. The National Health Insurance Administration will continue to improve the level of standardization of medical insurance, implement the list of government service items handled by medical insurance, and promote more online handling of medical insurance public service matters.
Improve quality. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security will continue to promote the national overall system of pension insurance, allocate inter-provincial adjustment funds in a timely manner, and support the distribution of pensions in difficult provinces. At the same time, strengthen the best management, prevent system risks, and promote the pension insurance system to be more fair and sustainable. The National Health Insurance Administration will promote the "expansion and quality improvement" of centralized procurement, carry out a new batch of centralized procurement of drug consumables organized by the state, and do a good job in the continuation of the agreement on the selected varieties in centralized procurement, so as to achieve a total of at least 500 drugs at the national and provincial levels.
*: People's ** Reporter Qiu Chaoyi Sun Xiuyan).
Editor: Shang Pei].
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