China is implementing significant health-care reforms, which have reportedly saved the government 400 billion yuan ($55 billion). However, medical professionals express concerns about the new system's impact on their ability to perform their duties responsibly. In Beijing, residents can now purchase over-the-counter drugs using health insurance via Meituan and Alipay, with 300 pharmacies participating. This initiative follows similar moves in Shanghai and Guangdong province. Additionally, Jiangsu province, an eastern economic hub, has included 13 assisted reproductive medical services and related pain relief projects in its medical insurance system, with a payout ratio of up to 80%, aiming to encourage childbirth and address the declining birth rate. The inclusion was implemented yesterday.
China’s eastern economic hub Jiangsu extended medical insurance coverage to a slew of assisted reproductive services, the latest region heeding Beijing’s call to reverse the mainland’s declining birth rate. https://t.co/s6gc33xok5
China’s Jiangsu province included 13 assisted reproductive medical services and related pain relief projects into the payment scope of it medical insurance system yesterday to encourage childbirth, with the payout ratio as high as 80%. https://t.co/vVASr5kkWN
Following Shanghai and several cities in Guangdong province, Beijing has also begun to provide online drug purchase services through individual medical insurance accounts, covering 300 pharmacies city-wide. https://t.co/iURZ3O3VDD
Beijing residents can purchase OTC drugs with health insurance on Meituan and https://t.co/yYUfCsd6ym through Alipay from today, according to local authorities. About 300 drug stores providing health insurance services will participate in the program. @meituan @JD_Corporate https://t.co/r6DBB9K5he
Health-care reforms in China are said to have already saved the government 400bn yuan ($55bn). But medical professionals worry that the new system may make it harder for them to do their jobs responsibly https://t.co/DA9M1iTDqV 👇