Problems And Countermeasures Of The New Rural Cooperative Medical System In China

The medical insurance system, concerning the improvement of populationquality and health condition of people, is the core part of the social security system inChina. The New Rural Cooperative Medical System (NRCMS) is the basic form of themedical insurance system at the present time, and it also is the Rural Health CareSystem of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Farmers can provide not only allkinds of agricultural products of high-quality for consumers, but also comparativelycheap labor for economic development, therefore, people’s health has a greatinfluence on the development of agriculture and society. Under the guidance andsupport of the government, the NRCMS, dominated by farmers, is a kind of thenew-style rural social security system, which can reduce medical expenses and ensurefarmers’ health, and it is carried out on the principles of voluntariness, benefit andmoderation. In addition, the NRCMS raises medical care money in various ways anddefends the diseases by mutual cooperation. To improve the service supply capacity ofthe NRCMS is the main content of constructing rural social security, and the mosturgent practical problem to be solved.On the basis of analyzing the general theories of rural medical service supply andsummarizing the research results on the related problems of the NRCMS in theacademic circle, this paper is researching on the existing problems of service supplyin our country’s NRCMS and seeking for countermeasure. It is also analyze the ruralmedical conditions of the lower-middle countries and reference the experiences of thedeveloped and developing countries.paper gets the revelation on constructing ourrural medical security system. Lastly, aiming at the problems of the existing medicalservice supply, the paper offers four substantial suggestions to perfect our NRCMS:establishing a steady financing growth mechanism, accomplishing the diversificationof supply subjectivities, consolidating the participating consciousness of supplyobjects and perfecting the decision-making system of supply and smoothing the waysof communication.