Source: CCTV.com
02-27-2008 10:48
Special Report: 2008 NPC & CPPCC sessionsOn Tuesday, Vice Premier Wu Yi said that this year, China will expand its experiments in health insurance for non-working residents in half of the cities involved.
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| Vice Premier Wu Yi said that this year, China will expand its experiments in health insurance for non-working residents in half of the cities involved. |
The Vice Premier announced the news at a national conference. She urged the pilot cities to accelerate the pace of experimentation, so as to lay a good foundation for the establishment of the Fundamental Medical Insurance System in a comprehensive manner.
A total of 40.68 million non-working urbanites have been covered by the basic medicare system, including 25.83 million living in 88 pilot cities. This year, the experimental reform will be carried out in another 299 cities with a coverage of 50 percent. The involvement of local non-working residents in the 88 pilot cities will increase to 60 percent.
Editor:Xiong Qu
