China’s National Healthcare Security Administration released the comprehensive medical security 15th Five-Year plan. Targets include keeping basic medical insurance participation at about 95% annually during the plan period; extending long-term care insurance coverage to all pooled jurisdictions; maintaining inpatient reimbursement within the basic medical insurance catalogue at roughly 80% for employee schemes and 70% for urban and rural resident schemes; increasing real-time settlement coverag

2026-08-19

China’s National Healthcare Security Administration released the comprehensive medical security 15th Five-Year plan. Targets include keeping basic medical insurance participation at about 95% annually during the plan period; extending long-term care insurance coverage to all pooled jurisdictions; maintaining inpatient reimbursement within the basic medical insurance catalogue at roughly 80% for employee schemes and 70% for urban and rural resident schemes; increasing real-time settlement coverage of basic medical insurance fund expenditures from about 70% in 2025 to above 80%; and ensuring maternity allowances are paid directly to individuals across all pooled jurisdictions.