Comment on: "universal free physical examination" is a successful grass-roots health reform 
 
 
The 2015-04-23 
 
 
Source: southern daily 
 

Li wenjie (guangzhou) 

    According to newspaper reports, huaiji county in the province took the lead in the free health check-up services, benefit more than 100 urban and rural residents. At present, the county town of 19 institutes (township) set up the health service center, more than 300 fixed village health posts set health service stations, regular routine checkups for permanent residents within their respective jurisdictions. Physical examination project scope have blood pressure, blood oxygen saturation and pulse, facial features, analysis of ecg monitoring, hemoglobin, blood sugar, urine analysis, three women, B ultrasonic examination, etc., basic meet the requirement of mass physical examination.
 
    Huaiji county lies in the northwest of our province, is one of the large population in the county, but not strong county economy. In this economy mainly agricultural county, in the province took the lead in the free health check-up service, reflects the local government attaches great importance to the common people's physical health, is ZhaoZhaoShiShi to do nice things for people, is really the people's livelihood engineering, is one of the success of grassroots health reform. In the successful reform of huaiji some praise at the same time, we can not help but ask: an economy owes the developed local government can do something, look to the country, why so many economically developed local cities and counties, there is no to do? Where does that leave grassroots health care? This is certainly worth people thinking.
 
    On the national two sessions this year, the Beijing municipal health and family planning commission director of the party to the committee noted that countries for repeatedly increase in health care, people feel is not obvious, the reason is that although much more government spending over the years, but in most of the precipitation on supplies, such as the purchase of equipment needed for community hospital and so on. Because of all the money buy CT, build a house inside, specific to the costs of medical expenditure, one-time costs to individual to assume part of the residents, increased from 24.6% to 24.6% above. Put forward to the biggest benefit to the people, has hit the nail on the head. Huaiji universal free health medical services with "universal coverage, provided free of charge, voluntary participation, convenient to the masses" as the principle, gradually establish and improve the residents' health records and strive to achieve "early detection, early diagnosis, early treatment" and "prevention before disease, ailment to cure", which not only reflects a national welfare, huimin service, but also really put the focus of the reform in the "people". 

    There is no doubt that the huaiji can do "universal free medical service mode, as can be done in many places cities and counties, the key is whether local governments to promote and implement.