Chapter 3502

The Baozhou Municipal Government proposed that within five years, the participation rate of farmers in the city should reach 80 percent. This year, the participation rate of farmers in Panshi Township has reached more than 70 percent. This participation rate is quite high, which is inseparable from the hard work of township cadres.

You know, farmers in many places are unwilling to participate. They feel that this new rural cooperative medical care is not reliable at all and is cheating them of their money. Some farmers even feel that this is a new type of overall planning and retention, and it is a random apportionment, so they are unwilling to pay this money.

Don't look at ten yuan per person. If the whole family participates, it might be dozens of yuan. For farmers, this is not a small amount of money.

So, it is not easy to convince farmers. Many farmers just recognize a dead principle. If you let them pay, they won't do it. No matter what you say, they won't listen, so if you don't put a lot of effort into persuasion, it is difficult to convince them.

Hearing that the participation rate in Panshi Township reached more than 70 percent, Su Xinghui was quite surprised.

After listening to the report, Su Xinghui said with interest: "Then let's go to the villages below to have a look."

Everyone set off together and went to the village. The first place they went to was Quanxi Village. Quanxi Village is a village in the west of Panshi Township. This is also a village in Panshi Township that realized village-to-village connection this year.

Quanxi Village is behind a mountain top more than seven kilometers away from the Panshi Township government. In the past, there was no cement road from Quanxi Village to the Panshi Township government. There was only a mountain road stepped out by the common people. The common people had to pass through this mountain road to get in and out.

Once it rains or snows, this mountain road is very difficult to walk. However, the local common people have no way because repairing this road requires money, and the previous Panshi Township was very poor and could not afford to repair this road.

The few villages in Panshi Township that had roads in the past were all those that ran quarries. These quarries were not very far from the township government.

Quanxi Village is relatively far from the Panshi Township government, so the quarry has not been opened here, so the road here has not been repaired.

But this time, the Baozhou Municipal Government allocated a sum of funds, so the road in Quanxi Village was finally repaired, and the utility poles and tap water pipes were also connected to the village, allowing the common people in the village to use electricity and water.

This road is only a village-level road, with a width of only three meters, which can only accommodate one car. If you meet a car, you have to meet at a specially reserved wider meeting place. However, there are no vehicles in and out of Quanxi Village. The motorcade only met a tractor coming out of Quanxi Village along the way.

Along the way, Su Xinghui and experts from the transportation department got out of the car several times to check this road. Su Xinghui is quite satisfied with this road. He can now be considered half an expert in road construction. He can see that the cement grade and steel bar grade of this road meet the standards, and the quality is guaranteed.

Along this road, there are utility poles with wires all the way to the top of the mountain. And right next to the road, He Xuanwen pointed there and said that the water pipes for tap water were buried there, and they were also connected to the mountain, supplied by the Panshi Township Water Plant.

Arriving at the Quanxi Village Committee, Su Xinghui got out of the car and shook hands and exchanged greetings with the village cadres here as usual, and then went to several villagers' homes at random to ask about some situations.

The villagers are very happy about the roads, water, and electricity realized this year because these three connections effectively solved many difficulties in their lives and improved their quality of life, which of course they welcomed with both hands.

The villagers' satisfaction with the cadres in the village and township is also relatively high. In the past two years, they have been engaged in special planting and special breeding in the village, and now they have achieved some results. And the township government has also found some job opportunities for them, such as some enterprises in the township, as well as construction workers repairing roads, etc., all of which prioritize finding migrant workers.

The township government also organized some professional skills training, agricultural technology knowledge training, etc. In short, in terms of helping them increase their income, the township government can be said to be unsparing.

However, when asked about the new rural cooperative medical care, the villagers said straightly that they were looking at the township government's sincere work for them, so they would participate in the new rural cooperative medical care. Otherwise, they would not throw this ten yuan into the water.

These words made He Xuanwen a little embarrassed, but Su Xinghui didn't take it to heart. He knew that before these farmers tasted the benefits of the new rural cooperative medical care, it was not so easy to let them accept the new rural cooperative medical care. This takes time.

Su Xinghui asked these villagers kindly why they were unwilling to participate in the new rural cooperative medical care. These villagers knew that this young man was actually the vice mayor, an official as big as the prefect in the opera. They were originally a little afraid and didn't dare to speak, but Su Xinghui was very approachable, which made them dare to speak up.

Some villagers said that they might not get sick once a year. If they have any minor illnesses, they don't need to go to the hospital. They can rest at home for two days and be fine. Isn't it a waste to pay this money?

Some villagers said that after paying for the new rural cooperative medical care, the outpatient money is not reimbursed, only the hospitalization money is reimbursed. Where do farmers have so many illnesses to go to the hospital? After paying the money and treating the illness, it cannot be reimbursed. What is the use? Even if you are hospitalized, there is a threshold fee of several hundred yuan that cannot be reimbursed, so they feel it is a lie.

Some villagers said that if they have cancer, it is impossible to afford hospitalization. If the new rural cooperative medical care reimburses hospitalization, they have to pay the money first. Where do they have so much money to pay? Even if 70 percent is reimbursed, the remaining 30 percent is also unaffordable for them. It is better not to treat it. In that case, what is the use of participating?

Some villagers said that many people in their village are working outside. When these migrant workers go out to work, if they have minor illnesses in other places, they can only see a doctor in the place where they work. In this way, they have not received any benefits from participating in the new rural cooperative medical care, which will reduce their participation enthusiasm.

When they have major illnesses, because the place where they work is far away, and even some acute illnesses, they go to large hospitals for medical treatment and cannot enjoy the preferential treatment of the new cooperative medical care. Because the new rural cooperative medical care stipulates that farmers participating in the new rural cooperative medical care need to go to designated municipal, county, and township hospitals for medical treatment and reimbursement.

Listening to the words of these villagers, Su Xinghui couldn't help but be moved. He didn't expect that the new rural cooperative medical care, which he thought was a very good policy and could give villagers great benefits, actually had so many drawbacks in actual operation.

It seems that the goal of achieving a participation rate of more than 80 percent is not so easy.

Not to mention anything else, just say that so many migrant workers have gone out to work. Participating in the new rural cooperative medical care is very inconvenient for them, and they basically don't get any benefits. What motivation do they have to participate in the new rural cooperative medical care?

According to the data provided by He Xuanwen, among the more than 30,000 people in Panshi Township, the number of migrant workers reached nearly 10,000, which accounted for more than 20 percent of the total population. If this group of people is unwilling to participate, the participation rate of Panshi Township will never reach more than 80 percent.

From this point of view, the participation rate of Panshi Township can reach more than 70 percent, which is indeed quite difficult. It should be because these villagers feel that the township government is doing practical things for them, so they give them face.

Although this made He Xuanwen a little embarrassed, it was actually the villagers' recognition of these township cadres.

Su Xinghui explained to these villagers some of the benefits of participating in the new rural cooperative medical care. For example, regarding the problem that farmers are worried about if they really have a major illness, even if 70 percent is reimbursed, the remaining part is unaffordable, Su Xinghui said that the government also has major illness assistance.

Major illness assistance is to provide living subsidies according to the actual situation after the common people have major illnesses, which can reach up to 20,000 yuan.

However, major illness assistance is aimed at villagers who have participated in the new rural cooperative medical care. The subsidy amount is a certain proportion after the new rural cooperative medical care reimbursement, which can reach up to 60 percent.

Calculated in this way, if major illness assistance is added, the amount actually borne by the common people is only more than 10 percent of the medical expenses. Calculated in this way, it is quite cost-effective, and with the increase in villagers' income, most families can afford it. If they still cannot afford it, the government can also provide assistance through other channels.