国务院近日印发《关于整合城乡居民基本医疗保险制度的意见》(以下简称《意见》)整合城镇居民基本医疗保险和新型农村合作医疗两项制度,建立统一的城乡居民基本医疗保险制度。《意见》引起社会广泛关注,专家认为,这一政策的核心在于“公平”二字,是推进医药疗卫生体制改革、实现城乡居民公平享有基本医疗保险权益、促进社会公平正义、增 The State Council recently issued the Opinions on Consolidating the Basic Medical Insurance System for Urban and Rural Residents (hereinafter referred to as Opinions) to integrate the two systems of basic medical insurance for urban residents and the new rural cooperative medical system and establish a unified system of basic medical insurance for urban and rural residents. The “Opinions” aroused wide public concern. According to experts, the core of this policy lies in the phrase “fairness.” It is to promote the reform of the medical and health care system, to ensure that urban and rural residents enjoy equitably the rights to basic medical insurance and to promote social fairness and justice.