National Medical Insurance Administration: Medical insurance shall not be used to pay for nucleic acid costs for large-scale populations. What are the positive implications of this provision?
According to relevant media reports, the National Medical Insurance Administration has stated that medical insurance funds cannot be used to pay for large-scale mass virus testing, so relevant places need to carry out immediate rectification. According to the current requirements, at present, , if everyone is tested for the virus, either they will pay out of pocket, or it will be covered by medical insurance and local fiscal revenue. Maybe in some places where the finances are relatively tight, they can continue to provide testing for the province for a month or two. Residents carry out free virus testing, but if the new crown epidemic enters normal management, then the cost of doing nucleic acid test alone will be a lot every day.
Under such circumstances, even if the medical insurance is sufficient, it cannot bear the cost of virus testing for so many people, and the main function of the medical insurance fund is to pay for everyone’s diagnosis and treatment and medical expenses. , if the money from the medical fund is misused, then these sick people may encounter a situation where medical insurance cannot reimburse them. Therefore, if you want to maintain the normal operation of medical insurance, you must Funds that must maintain a surplus can cover most of the expenses for half a year to a year. Therefore, the Social Security Bureau’s decision to disallow large-scale virus testing fees is out of concern for ordinary people.
Imagine that if all the funds of the medical insurance were used to conduct virus testing, then just paying for these tests every day would be a huge expense, which would lead to The shortage of funds in the medical insurance fund has resulted in patients who go to the hospital being unable to receive reimbursement. From this point of view, it is a very clear decision that the National Medical Insurance Administration has decided to stop using the medical insurance fund to conduct more virus tests. Therefore, medical insurance money cannot cover the cost of large-scale nucleic acid testing, which reflects my country's confidence that "it will never be allowed to hurt the hard-earned money of ordinary people for medical treatment in the name of fighting the epidemic", and at the same time, the budget for large-scale nucleic acid testing will return to The Municipal Finance Bureau’s budget and management control are reliable, which can further improve the efficiency of budget utilization.