Starting from 2024, the National Healthcare Security Administration will promote the construction of a mini program for comparing medical insurance drugs in designated pharmacies nationwide to address the pain points faced by insured individuals when purchasing drugs. As of now, all 31 provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps have completed the launch of mini programs, achieving full coverage and accessibility for the whole population, allowing insured individuals in various regions to enjoy convenient price comparison services. The medical insurance drug comparison mini program relies on the data resources of national medical insurance designated medical institutions, with timely data updates, comprehensive functions, and wide coverage, providing a one-stop solution for drug comparison. The insured people can search the local medical insurance applet through WeChat or Alipay, or enter the medical insurance APP to use the medical insurance drug price comparison applet. After entering the drug name, they can get the core information such as the price range, inventory status, and manufacturing enterprises of the drugs in the designated drugstore in the region with one click. The mini program supports multi-dimensional filtering and sorting based on price, distance, and other factors. After selecting the target pharmacy, one can navigate directly and call for consultation with just one click, truly achieving the goal of "having a clear idea when buying medicine, avoiding unnecessary detours, and not wasting money". It is reported that after the launch of the mini program, medical insurance departments in various regions have continuously expanded the functional boundaries and enriched the application service scenarios based on feedback from the public. Many provinces have added the function of taking photos to identify drugs, which does not require manual input of drug names. Simply take a photo of the medicine box to complete the query; Some regions have opened online drug purchase and home delivery services, effectively solving the problem of drug purchase for people with limited mobility and busy office workers; Some regions have implemented special functions such as medical consumables price inquiry, prescription based drug search, and drug price trend analysis. They also synchronize the pharmacy's medical insurance drug quantity price comparison index rating, making it convenient to purchase high-quality and affordable drugs. This makes medical insurance services more accurate and caring, and enables insured people to purchase drugs more confidently and with peace of mind. (New Society)