“China plans to expand its medical insurance program for urban citizens over the next three years to include children and the unemployed, according to remarks this week by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. The increase in coverage will be financed by the central government extending coverage to an estimated 200 million additional urban residents. Pilot programs are to be launched in 79 cities by the end of September. Those cities will have some role in designing ‘a reasonable and practical policy for the pilot program in accordance with their own government revenue and living standards,’ Wen said. “
See my entire post over at the World Health Care Blog.
