According to a report in the Beijing Daily, the Beijing Medical Insurance Bureau has added 200 kinds of Chinese medicine granules to the medical insurance catalog, which can be reimbursed from February 28. The specific medical insurance payment standards are shown in the figure.
List of Medicines and Medical Insurance Payment Standards
Among the Chinese patent medicines included in the medical insurance catalog, the highest unit price for medical insurance reimbursement is “Stir-fried Ziziphi Spinosae Semen Granules”, with a unit price of 6.3 yuan/gram, exceeding 3,000 yuan per catty. As a comparison, the spot price of silver on February 10 was about 7.5 yuan/gram, and the price of Stir-fried Ziziphi Spinosae Semen Granules was almost the same as that of silver.
The unit of price for the above Chinese patent medicines is yuan/gram, which may not be very clear to readers. I have selected some familiar products for conversion, so that you can get a feel for it.
Angelica Dahurica Granules, medical insurance reimbursement price 280 yuan/catty.
Angelica Dahurica, which is the spice commonly used when braising meat, the e-commerce price is about 20 yuan per catty. Made into granules, 280 yuan per catty, what a good business.
Lily Granules, medical insurance reimbursement price 500 yuan/catty.
Lily, which is used for cooking and making desserts, the e-commerce price of dried lily is about 67 yuan per catty. Made into granules, 500 yuan per catty, what a good business.
Jujube Granules, medical insurance reimbursement price about 100 yuan per catty.
Jujube, everyone knows it. I checked the price of dried red dates, the price of dried red dates with the core removed and sliced is 13 yuan per catty. Made into granules, 100 yuan per catty, what a good business.
Pueraria Lobata Granules, medical insurance reimbursement price 184 yuan/catty.
Pueraria Lobata, many people have drunk it. I checked the price of Tongrentang’s Pueraria Lobata powder, 38 yuan per catty with free shipping. Made into granules, 184 yuan per catty, what a good business.
Cinnamon Granules, medical insurance reimbursement price 660 yuan/catty.
Cinnamon, an old acquaintance, a common spice for stewing meat or desserts, if you buy it by the catty, it’s less than 15 yuan. Made into granules, sell it to you for 660 yuan per catty, anyway, medical insurance pays the bill, what a good business.
Hawthorn Granules, medical insurance reimbursement price 120 yuan/catty.
This is even more familiar, I guess no one hasn’t eaten it, right? Dried hawthorn slices without cores, 13.5 yuan per catty. Made into granules, medical insurance pays 120 yuan, what a good business!
Some people may say, you are comparing the price of raw materials with the price of Chinese patent medicine granules, this is not fair. Doesn’t pharmaceutical manufacturing require technology and cost?
Well, readers who ask such questions may have a big misunderstanding, thinking that the production of Chinese medicine granules is a high-tech, high-standard thing. I can responsibly tell you that making Chinese medicine granules is completely different from producing modern medicine.
According to the Chinese Pharmacopoeia, processing dried hawthorn into formula granules, 2 catties can be made into 1 catty, the excipients are nothing more than starch and calcium carbonate, etc., and an automatic Chinese medicine granule machine costing more than 10,000 yuan can do it. And the price has increased by more than 8 times.
The money saved by the medical insurance collective procurement was originally intended to be used here.
High, really high!
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