China is stepping up its healthcare game! 🚀 The country’s basic medical insurance scheme just got a major upgrade, with new drugs added, lower prices for essential medicines, and expanded services like assisted reproduction now covered. Talk about a win for accessibility! 💉
According to recent data, over 91 new medications—including lifesaving treatments—are now part of the national insurance catalog, bringing the total to 3,159. Plus, prices for 62 drugs dropped thanks to centralized bulk-buying. 💊 Affordable healthcare? Yes, please!
Here’s the kicker: More than 1 million people have already benefited from insurance-covered fertility treatments this year alone. 🍼 And if you’re traveling or moving across regions? No stress! Over 640,000 clinics and pharmacies now allow direct settlement of medical bills nationwide—a service used 213 million times in 2024. 📈
Oh, and fraudsters, beware! Authorities recovered a whopping 24.23 billion yuan ($3.3B) in misused insurance funds this year. 🕵️♂️💸
With a stable medical insurance fund balance of 459.1 billion yuan ($63B), China’s making sure its people stay healthy without breaking the bank. 👏
