China improves Health Care coverage

China Moves on Urban Medical Insurance Expansion
by Fred Fortin, World Health Care Blog, July 28, 2007

China plans to expand its medical insurance program for urban citizens over the next three years to include children and the unemployed, according to remarks this week by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. The increase in coverage will be financed by the central government extending coverage to an estimated 200 million additional urban residents….