BEIJING, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- China has released its latest medical-security plan, issued by the General Office of the State Council, with the aim of benefiting people in all sectors of society.
The plan, designed for the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), states that China should establish a multi-tiered medical-insurance system with universal coverage that benefits both urban and rural residents in a fair and sustainable way.
It highlights the coordinated advancement of the demand-side management of medical insurance and supply-side reform of medical services, in order to better serve the public.
According to the plan, China should enhance the medical-insurance system through collaborative governance, optimizing medical-insurance payments and the drug pricing mechanism, while strengthening the medical-fund supervision system.
Efforts should also be made to build up a strong supporting system with a solid legal basis and better digital services, reads the plan.
By 2025, China will see a more matured medical-insurance system that is equal, law-based, secure, smart and coordinated, the plan says. Enditem
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