Accelerate the development of health insurance
"The insurance industry views on health reform implementation, in participating in multi-level medical security system Seminar" held recently in Luoyang City, Henan Province, China Insurance Regulatory Commission, Assistant President Chen's speech pointed out that the implementation of the new medical reform the insurance industry, an important task in the current, the insurance industry should give full play to its own unique advantages, meet the people's multi-level and diversified needs of health protection.

Chen pointed out that the new views of health reform on the insurance industry, has raised higher demands, but also for the insurance industry, has provided a broad space for development. Implementation of the new views of medical reform, the insurance industry should give full play to the mechanism of the insurance industry, technology, services, advantages and cost-efficiency advantages, innovative service delivery model to promote the separation of management from operation, improve operational efficiency of the basic medical insurance system; to speed up development to meet the people's multi-level, diversified health security needs; to deepen cooperation in health insurance, positive development of medical liability insurance, to explore investment medical institutions involved in reform of public hospitals and the insurance industry to play a supervisory role of the medical institutions.

Chen said that since 2002, health insurance, an average annual growth rate of 29.8%, exceeding the national economy and the insurance industry average growth rate, there, including four specialized health insurance company insurance companies, including nearly launched a health insurance , as at the end of 2008, accumulatively 1.13 billion passengers, providing 52.6 billion dollars to protect the health risks. In 2008, the insurance industry in 142 cities and counties across the country to carry out a basic medical insurance managers manage their businesses, service groups to reach 34.003 million people, 2.62 billion yuan in funds under management. After years of development, China's health insurance, the management level to effectively improve security function is more distinct, services, become more prominent features, services, multi-level medical security system has the ability to increase substantially to achieve a good social recognition, in order to accelerate the development of better to serve the medical and health system reform has laid a solid foundation.

Chen on the insurance industry in-depth views on implementing the new medical reform, the promotion of health insurance to speed up development, and to make a few suggestions: First, we must enhance the sense of responsibility to serve the national health system; The second is to establish a strategic vision, fully aware of the health insurance market great development potential; third is to strengthen the professional capacity-building, improve service levels; four is to actively and steadily involved in handling various types of medical care management; 5 is to strengthen self-discipline, strengthen the supervision and establish a good image of the industry.

This seminar is issued by the CIRC in June, "on the insurance industry, in-depth views on implementing the health reform actively participate in multi-level medical security system view", in order to guide the insurance industry to better further in-depth views on implementation of the new medical reform, and actively the development of health insurance, participation in multi-level medical security system, to create a new situation in the insurance industry to convene a special meeting.