Comments: chongqing short-lived health due to ignore public opinion 
 
 
The 2015-04-09 
 
 
Source: the legal daily 
 
 
Pu Jiangchao 

    From March 25 to March 31, chongqing medical price reform lasted seven days to an end. The price reform for a substantial increase in some patients economic burden, cause some citizens took to the streets in the boycott. In the end, the relevant departments to apologize to the public, to stop medical pricing scheme, thoughtless and acknowledge in decision-making, not enough study in-depth and listening to public opinion widely, the Beijing news (April 7).
 
    Is the price of medical reform in chongqing public opinion think of as "the most short-lived reform", if read from the front, to stop in time is the right thing to do, authorities say the change, called for respect for patients; If from negative interpretation, as authorities disregard for public opinion in advance, led to such an awkward ending.

    Price of medical reform involved in each people's immediate interests, such an important reform should weigh the advantages and disadvantages, take into consideration the interests of all parties, prudent. But in the price of medical reform in chongqing, in advance without a hearing, there is no good to solicit public opinion, no thorough investigation and study, even some of the hospital's objection, didn't also can cause the attention of the reform policy makers. Such reforms are bound to encounter opinion sniper, destined to be short-lived.
 
    As some experts said the direction of the reform of chongqing medical price is right, to improve the medical service price distortions. Reform the right direction, however, does not mean that in the reform can jump in on the details. The chongqing medical price adjustment is not only price, but have rise and fall of patients before and after the reform of overall medical burden the same - according to the chongqing municipal price bureau, hospital equipment inspection, the inspection class projects prices by 25% and 25%, respectively, will make the whole city hospital reduce annual income is 709 million yuan; Inspecting, care, treatment, operation class project price increases 30%, 30%, 13% and 13% respectively, will make the hospital increase the income 707 million yuan a year. Since the hospital income does not increase it decreases, patients with general medical burden instead increase relief, but why still suffer so much public opinion rebound?
 
    The reason is that the inspecting, care, treatment, operation class project involves every patient, after price increases, people in (even just hang a clinic) to go to the hospital to spend more money. And large equipment inspection, the inspection projects involve less patient, after the price, only a few patients benefit. So, seemed to be medical price have rise and fall, overall medical burden of patients did not increase, but in fact increased patients' medical burden, most people will certainly produce dissatisfaction.
 
    For such a question is not hard to predict, the chongqing municipal authorities why did not anticipate in decision-making? It is probably due to power capricious, maybe confirm the "Homer sometimes nods" this sentence, and policy makers are not necessarily wise. So, in order to prevent the decision-making errors, in order to give the government decision-making, fully listen to public opinion, the market offer people's wisdom is the indispensable link, it is also clear requirements of the time. Chongqing authorities decision-making errors, so thoughtless, the most fundamental reason is the disregard for public opinion, and the absence of public opinion, makes the reform from the start off the right track.