CCTV News: The reporter learned from the National Health Insurance Administration that in 2024, my country's medical insurance fund revenue and expenditure will be balanced and there will be a slight surplus. Since its establishment, the National Medical Insurance Administration has always insisted on managing and using the medical insurance funds well to protect people's health.
In 2024, in the context of many places supporting enterprises to reduce burdens and reduce medical insurance premiums, the total income of the national basic medical insurance fund was 3.48 trillion yuan, an increase of 4.4% year-on-year, achieving the coordination of fund revenue stability and promoting economic recovery. Total expenditure was 2.97 trillion yuan, an increase of 5.5% year-on-year.
The continuous growth of medical insurance fund expenditure scale, while providing solid protection for the lives and health of all people, also continues to inject new growth into the medical and health industry and economic and social development.
Since the pilot of the long-term care insurance system, it has covered 180 million people, and a total of more than 2.6 million disabled insured participants have enjoyed benefits. At the same time, it has driven the rapid development of the elderly care service industry and the health industry, provided about 300,000 jobs, and driven about 60 billion yuan of social capital investment in related industries.
In 2025, the National Health Insurance Administration will also study and formulate the Class C catalog based on the existing Class A and B catalog of basic medical insurance, focusing on drugs that have high innovation, huge clinical value, and significant benefits for patients. However, due to the positioning of "basic insurance" that cannot be included in the basic medical insurance catalog, it will support commercial health insurance to play a greater role in the multi-level medical insurance system.
