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This chapter discusses the transformation of medical insurance in urban China. During the planned economy period, the public medical system consisted of a labor insurance medical system and a publicly funded medical system, which covered all employees in state-owned enterprises and government offices. The public medical system has changed with state-owned enterprise reform since the 1990s. Currently, public medical insurance mainly includes the Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance that covers urban employees and the Urban Residents Basic Medical Insurance that covers unemployed urban residents. This chapter introduces the contents, such as funds and benefits, of these medical insurance types.
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Ma, X. (2022). Medical Insurance Reform in Urban China. In: Public Medical Insurance Reforms in China. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7790-8_3
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