(Health Times reporter Kong Tianjiao) on February 21, the Chinese government network issued the "Notice of the State Council on Printing and Distributing the "14th Five-Year" National Aging Undertaking Development and Pension Service System Planning", which pointed out that it is necessary to gradually realize the direct settlement of outpatient expenses across provinces, expand the scope of reimbursement for chronic disease drugs for the elderly, and incorporate more drugs for chronic diseases into centralized procurement to reduce the burden of medication for the elderly.
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Sun Yanping, deputy director of the Pharmacy Department of Beijing Geriatric Hospital, told the Health Times reporter: "The elderly themselves have more chronic diseases, with the development of aging, the coexistence of multiple diseases and multiple medications are common, and the elderly suffer from about 6 conventional underlying diseases on average. At present, more than 180 million elderly people in the mainland suffer from chronic diseases, and long-term drug treatment is the main treatment. During the treatment process, the combination of drugs, the medical burden is heavy, if the cost is higher, some elderly people will give up medical treatment because of the difficulty. ”
Sun Yanping said: "Expand the scope of reimbursement for chronic disease drugs for the elderly, and incorporate more drugs for chronic diseases into centralized procurement, so that the price of drugs will be reduced a lot, the overall drug cost of the elderly will be reduced, and many elderly patients with chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases will be willing to take the initiative to seek medical treatment, so that the elderly have more opportunities to obtain treatment, control chronic diseases, and reduce the medical burden of patients." ”
The "Plan" proposes to improve the basic endowment insurance and basic medical insurance system. Continuously expand the coverage of basic endowment insurance. As soon as possible, realize the national overall planning of the basic endowment insurance for enterprise employees. Implement a progressive extension of the statutory retirement age. Implement a reasonable adjustment mechanism for basic pensions, and appropriately adjust the basic pension standards for urban and rural residents in a timely manner. Vigorously develop enterprise annuities and occupational annuities, improve the coverage rate of enterprise annuities, promote and standardize the development of the third pillar of endowment insurance, and promote the development of personal pensions. Improve the basic medical insurance policy, gradually realize the direct settlement of outpatient expenses across provinces, expand the scope of reimbursement for chronic disease drugs for the elderly, and include more drugs for chronic diseases in centralized procurement to reduce the burden of medication for the elderly.
