NHSA Deputy Director Li Tao said on Aug 4 at a State Council Information Office
briefing that the agency will continue annual adjustments to the basic medical
insurance drug list and aim to add more eligible innovative drugs for cancer,
chronic, rare and pediatric diseases to reimbursement. He said the NHSA will
also push to unify reimbursement lists for medical service items and medical
consumables nationwide to further narrow regional policy differences.