Making insurance settlement easier
Hu Jinglin (left), director of the National Healthcare Security Administration, and Li Qiang, Party Secretary of Shanghai, at their meeting on Thursday morning
A meeting to promote integration of medical insurance settlement in the Yangtze River Delta was held in Shanghai on Thursday .
Li Qiang, Party secretary of Shanghai, met with Hu Jinglin, director of the National Healthcare Security Administration, as well as deputy governors of the provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui.
Li said integrated development in the delta region is a major national strategy and relates to people’s well-being, while a trial program that allows people to pay medical costs with public medical insurance across eight cities in the region had been a success.
Previously, people could only use the insurance where their insurance accounts are registered.
Li said he hoped the meeting would be an opportunity for Shanghai and the three provinces to pull together and work harder to promote the convenience and coverage of the integrated medical insurance settlement.
Hu said the CPC Central Committee and the State Council have both attached great importance to the integrated development of the delta region and it is of great importance for the region to take the lead in piloting the medical insurance settlement program.
He wishes Shanghai and the three provinces can work in close cooperation to explore ways of carrying out integrated medical insurance settlement and set an example for other places in the country.
He said the national administration will continue supporting them in the trial and promoting their successful experiences elsewhere.
The deputy governors of the three provinces also vowed to take more active actions to promote integrated medical insurance settlement to enhance convenience and expand its coverage to ensure residents in the region share high-quality medical resources.
