Study On The Impact Of Medical Insurance And Intergenerational Support On The Health Of The Elderly

The increasingly severe aging crisis has triggered the attention and discussion of the whole society on a series of issues such as pension and welfare policies.The research on the health of the elderly population has important theoretical and practical significance for safeguarding the rights and interests of the elderly and improving the quality of life of the elderly in their later years.On the issue of old-age care,influenced by traditional filial piety culture,the family bears important functions.With the development of society,the state has successively introduced a system of the medical insurance system to ensure the happy life of the elderly in their later years.Health is an important indicator to measure the quality of life of the elderly in their later years.The health level of the elderly in their later years is not only closely related to the traditional intergenerational support of the family,but the national medical insurance system is also an important guarantee for the health of the elderly in later years.This article shows that the classic theory of intergenerational support,summarizing the relationship between intergenerational support and the health of the elderly,and the interaction between medical insurance and intergenerational support.Utilizing the baseline survey data of CHARLS in 2015,explore the impact of intergenerational support and medical insurance on the health of different dimensions of the elderly.Meanwhile,on this basis,use medical insurance as a regulatory variable to regulate family intergenerational support and old age.The results indicate that intergenerational support can improve the health of the elderly.Medicare has a regulatory role between the intergenerational support of the child and the health of the elderly.Medical insurance has a regulatory role in the three dimensions of intergenerational support(economic support,daily care and emotional companionship)and the health level of the elderly(self-assessment of health,chronic disease,mental health,ADL,IADL).It can be seen that medical insurance is of great significance to the health level of the elderly in later years and can affect the intergenerational interaction of the elderly.Eventually,based on the research and analysis conclusions,the policy recommendations for improving the health of the elderly are obtained.The main innovations of the paper: the intergenerational support obtained from the elderly and the intergenerational support given by the elderly to explore its impact on the health level of the elderly,while at the same time explore alternative roles that may exist between intergenerational support in different dimensions.Additionally,using medical insurance as a regulatory variable to explore the regulatory role of medical insurance in intergenerational support and the health of different dimensions of the elderly.