农民看得起病吗?农民住得起院吗?农民会因病而致贫吗?这是一个大家关注了多年、又寻求了多年答案的问题。作为一个人口众多的发展中国家,中国近60%的人生活在农村,能否解决农民的看病就医问题,关系到中国改革、发展和稳定的大局。据卫生部一位官员介绍,在农村约有40%至60%的人看不起病。 Can peasants look sick? Can peasants live in the hospital? Will peasants cause poverty because of illness? This is a question that everyone has been paying attention to for many years and has also sought for many years. As a populous developing country, nearly 60% of China’s people live in rural areas. Whether it can solve the problems of peasants seeking medical care or not depends on the overall situation of China’s reform, development and stability. According to an official of the Ministry of Health, about 40% to 60% of people in rural areas can not afford to look down on the disease.