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Beijing vows to extend medicare coverage to all

Beijing vows to extend medicare coverage to all

Write: Raine [2011-05-20]

BEIJING -- Beijing Saturday launched a medicare reform vowing to increase medical resources so as to cover the city's 17 million permanent residents into its medicare system.

Mayor Guo Jinlong said the city government has earmarked 33.7 billion yuan ($4.9 billion) for carrying out the reform in the next two years

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