Provinces in China Bacheng public health into the civil service health insurance has been canceled

Local civil servants to participate in health insurance case recently, Beijing announced that from January 1, 2012, the municipal civil servants, public institutions and other public health canceled about 22 million people, into the employee health insurance. Rekindled the civil service reform, public health care concern.

Reporters from all over the learned, as of now, 31 provinces in the Mainland, has been canceled at least 24 public health, all of the medical insurance. Other provinces are phasing out public health.

In December 1998, the State Council issued "on the establishment of basic medical insurance system for urban workers, the decision" (Guo Fa [1998] No. 44), required for a nationwide medical insurance system for urban workers, all employers (including government departments and institutions ) and their employees all participate in the basic medical insurance system.

Since then, most of the country under the spirit of the document, one after another from the civil service public health, for serving and retired civil servants (excluding retirees) to implement health insurance. Shandong, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Hubei and other civil servants have not yet abolished 7 to public health.

Among them, the Hebei province all active and retired civil servants to join health insurance, 2.8 million or so retirees continue to enjoy free medical care.

In 17 cities in Shandong Province, in addition to Jinan, Yantai has not completely abolished public health, the other 15 cities have achieved full enrollment. 2012, Shandong Province plans to provincial authorities and other public servants not to participate in medical insurance for urban residents and institutions fully integrated into the health care staff in areas of specific research program is still under investigation.

Most cities in Guangdong public health system has been completed and the integration of medical insurance for urban workers. Among them, Shenzhen City, all civil servants participated in the 1992 employee health insurance. Although the Guangdong provincial, central unit in Guangzhou and the Guangzhou Municipal Civil Service did not complete the public health and health care standards, but the Guangdong Province, Guangzhou City, the relevant functional departments that publicly funded health care reform did not stop.

Jiangxi Province, municipalities and districts and counties have implemented a basic health insurance, only the provincial authorities and the county is still belongs to Nanchang and civil servants to implement public health.

In Jiangsu, Nanjing and provincial authorities in addition, the remaining 12 municipalities covered by medical insurance, all of the civil service, the abolition of public health.

Hubei provincial civil servants still enjoy the public health authorities. Management Committee of Hubei Province in line with the Office of the public health staff are: serving and retired civil servants, medical co-ordinator (enjoy free medical service personnel at least one child under the age of 18). In addition, there are tens of thousands of Hubei Province, institution staff to enjoy free medical care.

In addition, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Anhui, Fujian and Qinghai provinces, civil servants to participate in health insurance foundation, but also to enjoy the civil service medical benefits.

According to the person in charge of relevant departments, had serious illness, health insurance is better than public health. Since the implementation of public health is not serious co-ordination, not to enjoy the social and medical assistance, in the treatment of serious illness in the directory of the material beyond the public health, medicine, service projects, to be borne entirely by the individual.

However, common diseases, out-patient and hospital reimbursement, public health than health care.

Most of the interviewed civil servants generally accepted health insurance that can resolve the many contradictions and problems, but also to avoid the financial ends meet. Some people say, "to replace the public health insurance is a general trend." (Integrated over the newspaper reports newspaper reporter Dingting bureau correspondent order)