《抗击新冠肺炎疫情的中国行动》白皮书（双语全文）(73)

实施患者免费救治。及时预拨疫情防控资金，确保患者不因费用问题影响就医，确保各地不因资金问题影响医疗救治和疫情防控。截至5月31日，全国各级财政共安排疫情防控资金1624亿元。及时调整医保政策，明确确诊和疑似患者医疗保障政策，对确诊和疑似患者实行“先救治，后结算”。对新冠肺炎患者（包括确诊和疑似患者）发生的医疗费用，在基本医保、大病保险、医疗救助等按规定支付后，个人负担部分由财政给予补助。异地就医医保支付的费用由就医地医保部门先行垫付。截至5月31日，全国确诊住院患者结算人数5.8万人次，总医疗费用13.5亿元，确诊患者人均医疗费用约2.3万元。其中，重症患者人均治疗费用超过15万元，一些危重症患者治疗费用几十万元甚至上百万元，全部由国家承担。Providing free treatment for patients.Government funds for Covid-19 control were made available in advance to ensure that patients could receive timely treatment and local authorities could proceed smoothly with measures for medical treatment and epidemic control. As of May 31, a total of RMB162.4 billion had been allocated by governments of all levels to fight the virus.Policies for medical insurance were quickly adjusted, with clear provisions for confirmed or suspected Covid-19 patients. They could get treatment with delayed settlement of accounts. All Covid-19 patients, confirmed or suspected, received subsidies from state finance for any medical bills not covered by basic medical insurance, serious disease insurance, or the medical assistance fund. In the case of patients receiving treatment in places where they were not registered for basic medical insurance, their medical bills related to Covid-19 were paid by the local insurance fund first and settled later.As of May 31, the medical bills of 58,000 inpatients with confirmed infections had been settled by basic medical insurance, with a total expenditure of RMB1.35 billion, or RMB23,000 per person. The average cost for treating Covid-19 patients in severe condition surpassed RMB150,000, and in some critical cases the individual cost exceeded RMB1 million, all covered by the state.