From Xinhua:
Almost 3.63 million urban Chinese received healthcare benefits in the first nine months of the year, up more than 70 percent over the same period last year, Vice-Minister of Civil Affairs Li Liguo said on Wednesday.
Li said about 2.11 million urban Chinese received medical assistance from January to September last year.
“This is assistance provided by the government to those who are ill, but cannot afford medical bills,” Li told a conference of the China-UK Urban Health and Poverty Project (UHPP). [Full Text]
