35年前,鄂西长阳土家山寨一位“赤脚医生”首创了看病吃药花钱少的“合作医疗制度”。由于毛主席的称赞批示,该制度在全国农村普遍推广,惠及亿万农民。其创始人也几度出国介绍经验,并平步青云官居省卫生厅副厅长。令人不解的是,这位副厅长上任才几个月就辞官还乡了,给人们留下几多猜测。此后,由于形势的变化,合作医疗曾几起几落。如今,当农民群众面对医药费上涨、看病吃 35 years ago, a resident of Changyang Tujia Village in western Hubei Province, a “barefoot doctor” pioneered the “cooperative medical system” for spending less money on medicine and medicine. Due to Chairman Mao’s commendation, the system has been widely promoted in rural areas of the country and benefited hundreds of millions of peasants. Its founder also went abroad several times to introduce his experience, and Kinbarukawa ranks the deputy director of the provincial health department. What is puzzling is that the deputy director took office a few months before resigning, giving the people left a few more speculations. Since then, due to changes in the situation, the number of cooperative medical services has fluctuated from time to time. Nowadays, when the peasants are confronted with rising medical bills, they see and eat