Recently, the new agricultural cooperative fee has once again aroused the dissatisfaction of farmers, and farmers have generally "cut off" the new agricultural cooperative fee, and even triggered a series of protests.
Why does this happen? Why are farmers reluctant to pay the new agricultural cooperative fee? To answer these questions, we need to analyze the background and reasons for the new agricultural cooperative fee and the actual situation of farmers.
First of all, we need to understand what the new agricultural cooperation is. The new rural cooperative refers to China's rural cooperative medical system, which is a kind of medical insurance system for farmers. Since 2003, the new agricultural cooperative has been fully implemented, in order to solve the problem of farmers' medical security difficulties, so that farmers can enjoy the benefits of medical insurance when they are sick. However, with the passage of time, the new agricultural cooperative fee policy began to change, bringing new burdens to farmers.
On the one hand, the increase in the fee standard of the new agricultural cooperative is one of the reasons why farmers are reluctant to pay fees. At the beginning of the implementation of the new agricultural cooperation, the fee standard was relatively low and could meet the actual needs of farmers. However, with the rising cost of medical care, the government has had to increase the fee standard appropriately in order to ensure the sustainable development of the new agricultural cooperation. This has led to an increase in the burden on farmers, and some farmers have become unable to bear the new expenses and have chosen to "cut off" the new agricultural cooperative fees.
On the other hand, the actual benefits of the new agricultural cooperative have also made farmers doubt the fees. Some farmers reported that when they fell ill, they did not provide adequate medical coverage. Sometimes, they have to bear higher out-of-pocket costs, which is far from their original intention to join the new agricultural cooperation. This has led some farmers to believe that continuing to pay the new agricultural cooperative fee does not provide substantial guarantees, and that the suspension of payment can reduce the burden.
In addition, the living conditions of farmers are also one of the reasons why they are reluctant to pay the new agricultural cooperative fees. Farmers are generally facing pressure on the cost of living, including the rising cost of agricultural production and the increase in the cost of living. In this case, if the new agricultural cooperative fee continues to be paid, it may be a further burden for some families to live on a further hardship. Therefore, when farmers face economic difficulties, they choose to "cut off" the payment of new agricultural cooperative fees to reduce their own economic pressure.
In response to the above problems, we need to solve them from the policy and implementation level. First of all, the government should appropriately adjust the fee standards of the new agricultural cooperative to ensure that while ensuring the medical needs of farmers, it does not increase the burden on farmers. Second, the government needs to strengthen the supervision of the new agricultural cooperation to ensure that farmers are protected when they fall ill and reduce the occurrence of out-of-pocket expenses.
In addition, the government should increase support for farmers, help them solve various difficulties in life, and increase their willingness to pay the new agricultural cooperation fees.
To sum up, the original innovative agricultural cooperative fees have once again "waved", and the "suspension of payments" by farmers has intensified, mainly because of the increase in fee standards, practical efficiency problems and farmers' living difficulties. To address this problem, the government needs to adjust fees, strengthen supervision of the implementation of new agricultural cooperatives, and give more support to farmers. Only through reform and improvement can farmers' dissatisfaction with the new agricultural cooperative fees be truly resolved, so that they can regain confidence and be willing to participate in the new agricultural cooperation. Only in this way can the new agricultural cooperative truly play its role in ensuring farmers' medical needs.