农民的医疗保障问题,一直是党和国家关注的重大问题之一。差不多历经40年的曲折与探索,人们已经取得了这样的共识:合作医疗是目前能够找到的、适应我国农村实际情况的、解决农民医疗保障问题的一种行之有效的制度。于是,发展和完善合作医疗制度就成为摆在各级政府、全体农民、医疗卫生工作者面前的一项十分紧迫的任务。 The issue of medical security for farmers has always been one of the major concerns of the party and the country. After nearly 40 years of twists and turns, people have reached a consensus that cooperative medical care is an effective system that can be found to meet the actual conditions in rural China and solve the problem of farmers’ medical security. Therefore, the development and improvement of the cooperative medical system has become a very urgent task for all levels of government, all farmers, and health workers.