推行新型农村合作医疗保险制度是维护广大农民朋友的根本利益、使其共享改革发展成果、促进整个社会和谐发展的必然要求。近年来,苏州市卫生局按照上级主管部门统一部署,联合市委农办、财政、发改委、民政等其他单位,积极、稳妥地推进新型农村合作医疗,为探索新形势下做好农民 The implementation of the new rural cooperative medical insurance system is an inevitable requirement for safeguarding the fundamental interests of the majority of farmers’ friends, sharing the results of reform and development, and promoting the harmonious development of the entire society. In recent years, the Suzhou Municipal Bureau of Health has deployed in accordance with the competent authorities at the next higher level and jointly with the municipal government’s agricultural office, finance, development and reform commission, civil administration, and other units to actively and steadily promote the new type of rural cooperative medical care, in order to explore the new situation and do a good job for farmers.