新型农村合作医疗制度是由政府组织、引导、支持,农民自愿参加,个人、集体和政府多方筹资,以大病统筹为主的农民医疗互助共济制度。邯郸市新农合工作从2003年在曲周县开始试点以来,至2008年实现了全市19个县(市、区)的全覆盖,且运行平稳,取得了很好的效果。 The new rural cooperative medical system is organized, guided, and supported by the government. The peasants voluntarily participate, individuals, groups, and the government raise funds from various sources. The peasants’ mutual aid and mutual aid system based on the overall plan for serious diseases is the mainstay. Since the pilot project of the New Rural Cooperatives in Handan began in 2003 in Quzhou County, it has achieved full coverage of the 19 counties (cities, districts) in the city by 2008, and it has been operating smoothly and has achieved good results.