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China to expand rural healthcare system

China's rural cooperative medical care system is to expand to cover all rural residents by the end of 2008 and government spending on the system will be sharply increased, Vice Premier Wu Yi said at a national conference on Friday. ...full story at china.org.cn

from china.org.cn on Tue, Jul 01 2008

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16 Feb 08		China to expand rural healthcare system with increased fund, full coverage » People's Daily China's rural cooperative medical care system is to expand to cover all rural residents by the end of 2008 and government spending on the system will be sharply increased, Vice Premier Wu Yi said in Beijing at a national conference on Frida ...
12 Nov 07		Medical cooperatives expand to 85% of Chinese rural residents » People's Daily China's rural cooperative medical insurance system, initiated in 2003 to offer farmers basic healthcare, has expanded to cover more than 85 percent of the country's rural residents, China's health ministry spokesman Mao Qun'an said on Monda ...
12 Nov 07		Medical cooperatives expand to 85% of Chinese rural residents » Shanghai Daily CHINA'S rural cooperative medical insurance system has expanded to cover more than 85 percent of the country's rural residents, China's health ministry spokesman Mao Qun'an said today. "By September 30, about 726 million farmers had joined the scheme,...
05 Sep 07		Rural healthcare system to cover all counties in 2008 » Shanghai Daily CHINA'S new rural cooperative medical care system will cover all counties, county-level cities and city districts across China next year, Minister of Health Chen Zhu said today.
10 Dec 08		Ministry: Rural medicare plan benefits 370 mln Chinese from Jan.-Sept. » People's Daily The rural cooperative medical insurance system, launched in 2003 to offer basic health care to rural residents, benefited 370 million Chinese in the first three quarters of the year, a Ministry of Health spokesman told reporters in Beijing on Wednesday. ...

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