地处苏南,经济发达的江阴市,医疗卫生事业蒸蒸日上,但一度曾经红火的农村合作医疗制度却出现了问题,甚至大有难以维持的趋势。主要原因是:随着医药费用的上涨,原单纯福利型的医疗制度已失去了抵御“因病致贫”的能力;原有3～5元的农村合作医疗互助互济金已吸引不住逐步富裕起来的农民。为了扭转这一局面,市卫生局调查研究,选择了新的突破口,于1995年一举在全市推行了农村住院医疗保险。由于政府重视,准备充分,措施得力,在短时间内取得了两 Is located in southern Jiangsu, economically developed Jiangyin City, the cause of health care is booming, but once the booming rural cooperative medical system there have been problems, and even difficult to maintain a great trend. The main reason is that as the medical costs have risen, the original simple-fringe medical system has lost its ability to resist “poverty caused by disease.” The original three to five yuan rural cooperative medical mutual aid and mutual aid gold has not been able to attract step by step Rich peasants. In order to reverse this situation, the Municipal Health Bureau investigated and studied and chose a new breakthrough. In 1995, it implemented the rural residential medical insurance in the city. Due to the government’s attention, adequate preparation and effective measures, it has achieved two goals in a short period of time