Friday May 25, 2018
    Home > News > Society
    Text:| Print|

    More govt subsidies for rural medical insurance system

    2013-01-08 09:44 Xinhua     Web Editor: Mo Hong'e comment

    The Chinese government will raise its subsidies for rural residents' medical insurance in 2013, Minister of Health Chen Zhu announced on Monday.

    Under the new rural cooperative medical program, the annual government subsidy for each rural resident will be increased from the current 240 yuan to 280 yuan (44.94 U.S. dollars), Chen said at the national health work conference in Beijing.

    Under the program, rural residents will pay a 60 yuan-per person premium, bringing the total funds pooled for each person to 340 yuan, up from 290 yuan in 2012.

    China launched the rural insurance scheme in 2003 in a bid to ensure that the country's vast number of rural residents have access to affordable medical treatment and to reduce disease-triggered poverty.

    The amount of people covered by the program has skyrocketed from 80 million to 900 million, and the average fund pooling standard has risen from 30 yuan in 2003 to the current 290 yuan.

    Also at the conference, Chen said health concerns must be factored into social and economic policy-making and health risk assessments must be conducted prior to the launch of major industrial projects, as the country is increasingly affected by non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

    According to the Medical and Health Services White Paper released in Dec., 260 million Chinese live with NCDs, and deaths resulting from NCDs represent 85 percent of the country's total deaths.

    The two-day conference, which opened on Monday, also awarded model doctors and those who have made excellent contributions to carrying out the new rural cooperative medical program.

    Comments (0)

    Copyright ©1999-2011 Chinanews.com. All rights reserved.
    Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.

    主站蜘蛛池模板: 胶州市| 社旗县| 綦江县| 商水县| 安吉县| 土默特右旗| 桂林市| 江永县| 竹北市| 湖口县| 霍林郭勒市| 丰宁| 昭苏县| 安仁县| 隆昌县| 敖汉旗| 苍南县| 蛟河市| 嘉善县| 彩票| 德钦县| 葵青区| 客服| 临桂县| 扎鲁特旗| 峨山| 贵阳市| 富裕县| 连山| 霍邱县| 孝义市| 江华| 无棣县| 三江| 抚州市| 梁平县| 富平县| 吕梁市| 西林县| 美姑县| 台江县|