Does it cost money to do nucleic acid testing now?

Recently, the epidemic situation in COVID-19 in China has shown a multi-point distribution trend, and there are many new infected people in some cities. It is necessary to find infected people through continuous large-scale nucleic acid screening. At the same time, the news that some places announced the resumption of nucleic acid detection fees also attracted attention. On May 25, 2022, the National Health Insurance Bureau and the medical treatment team of the joint prevention and control mechanism of epidemic situation in novel coronavirus, the State Council jointly issued a notice to further reduce the government guidance price of COVID-19 nucleic acid testing in public medical institutions. Each province should reduce the single inspection to no more than 16 yuan per person; Multi-person mixed inspection will be reduced to no more than one 5 yuan. At the same time, for the large-scale screening and normalization testing organized by the government, the scale effect and the cost-sharing effect of grassroots organizations and volunteers should be fully considered. The multi-person mixed detection of nucleic acids in COVID-19 is charged according to the standard that each person does not exceed 3.5 yuan. The State Council issued the "Implementation Opinions on Accelerating the Detection of Nucleic Acid in COVID-19" in response to the joint prevention and control mechanism of COVID-19 epidemic, and proposed that speeding up the detection of nucleic acid and expanding the detection range of nucleic acid as much as possible is the primary measure to implement the "four early" measures of normalization prevention and control. It is pointed out that eight groups of people, such as medical staff, need to "do their best", while others are "willing to do their best". The cost of "due diligence" is borne by local governments, and the cost of "willingness investigation" is borne by enterprises, institutions or individuals. In fact, this question is really a good one and a very complicated one. On the surface, it is neither a question of money nor a question of money. But the problem with money is that for local finance, it is not a small expense to conduct normalization tests two or three times a week. In the long run, local finance can't afford it, so it's really a question of money; It's not about money. It's about the residents who pay for the test: in fact, even if they charge, most residents can afford it, and the single charge for mixed mining is estimated to be no more than five yuan, so the people can afford it, so it's not a question of money. Please note, however, that any problem involving the general charging of the masses is not a trivial one, because social conflicts may arise, because it involves a problem other than money, that is, rights and rights. At present, residents respond to the government's request to carry out normalized national nucleic acid testing, which is the obligation of citizens and must be unconditionally obeyed and cooperated. However, if this normalized nucleic acid detection needs to be charged, it involves the fairness of trading and buying and selling. Now that it is a deal, citizens have the right to refuse. Because the existing laws do not support forcing citizens to buy services. Therefore, it is necessary to define the properties of normalized charged nucleic acid detection. Because standardized testing is mandatory, but the fee is commercial, so this is really a problem. If this problem is not clear, it is suggested to suspend the charge for normalized nucleic acid testing for the whole people. Of course, it is not controversial for residents to voluntarily test to meet the requirements of personal work and travel, and the payment is reasonable and legal. This is a problem, and it is not a simple one. If the test has been free and the local finance can't afford it, but the test is required to be charged, the problem will come. Full-time nucleic acid testing is not required by residents, so this problem seems to be a question of money, but it is not just a question of money. Is nucleic acid testing a citizen's obligation or a paid service provided by the government? If it is an obligation, it must be stipulated by law. If paid services are provided, citizens can choose to refuse according to their actual situation. The biggest problem is that if people are deliberately prevented from testing because of the cost of testing, it will obviously bring loopholes and hidden dangers to local epidemic prevention, so we must be cautious.