农村合作医疗制度是农民通过互助共济 ,政府支持 ,共同抵御风险的制度 ,是建立农村社会保障体系的重要内容。合作医疗制度对保障农民获得基本医疗服务 ,落实农村预防保健任务 ,防止因病致贫及因病返贫起重要作用。自从 1 997年中共中央、国务院《关于卫生改革与发展的决定》中 Rural cooperative medical system is a system through which peasants can jointly resist risks through mutual aid and mutual assistance and government support, and is an important part of establishing a rural social security system. The cooperative medical system plays an important role in guaranteeing farmers access to basic medical services, implementing rural preventive health care tasks, preventing poverty caused by illness and returning to poverty due to illness. Since the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council’s “Decision on Health Reform and Development” in 1997,