The Health Law has made detailed provisions on promoting the development of primary health care from four aspects: the allocation of medical institutions, the sinking of graded diagnosis and treatment medical services, the construction of medical and health personnel, and the protection of remote and poor areas. The basic policy of "strengthening the grassroots" responds to the legislative purpose of implementing the healthy China strategy. The focus or highlight of the whole law is to protect the basics, strengthen the grassroots, promote health and promote reform. The health law clearly stipulates that medical and health undertakings should adhere to the principle of public welfare; The state provides basic public health services free of charge; The medical and health service system insists on non-profit medical and health institutions as the main body and profit-making medical institutions as the supplement. The government holds non-profit medical and health institutions, plays a leading role in basic medical and health undertakings, and ensures that basic medical and health services are fair and accessible. The Health Law continues to reiterate the policy of "encouraging social forces to establish medical institutions according to law", and clearly stipulates that medical and health institutions established by social forces enjoy the same rights as medical and health institutions established by the government in terms of basic medical insurance, key specialty construction, scientific research and teaching, rating, access to specific medical technologies, and professional title evaluation of medical and health personnel.
What is the significance of the Basic Medical Care and Health Promotion Law?
The first basic and comprehensive law in the field of health in China came out! Experts believe that this law fully embodies the concepts of "great health, great health" and "protecting the basics, strengthening the grassroots and promoting health". Timely promulgation is conducive to consolidating the achievements of medical reform, developing medical and health undertakings and improving the health level of citizens throughout their life cycle. It is of great significance to promote the construction of a healthy China.
To sum up, it shows the basic attitude of the state to encourage social capital to develop non-profit medical institutions while maintaining their public welfare and independence.
Legal basis: Article 110 of the Basic Medical Care and Health Promotion Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). This law shall come into force as of June 6, 2020.