Tuesday, April 7, 2009

850 bln for medical reform

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The 850 billion yuan the State Council has promised to provide universal medical service covers five aspects.



The850billionyuantheStateCouncilhaspromisedtoprovideuniversalmedicalservicecoversfiveaspects.

The850billionyuantheStateCouncilhaspromisedto
provideuniversalmedicalservicecoversfiveaspects.


Highlights:


* Expand medical insurance coverage - 30.4 bln


* Subsidies for unemployed or retired workers - figure unavailable


* Improve existing health network - 6.45 bln


* Build more grassroots hospitals, clinics - 16.53 bln


* Improve ability to tackle major disease outbreaks - 24.6 bln


* Other money comes from local government funding

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