China lifts spending on health care
01-Apr-16, CNBC
China's Ministry of Finance has unveiled details of its 2016 budget plans, with spending jacked up sharply on many items. Big increases have been made for health care and family planning, which will get a 47.2 percent boost to 12.43 billion yuan.
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China has expanded access to basic medical services since a plan for universal health care was announced in 2009, but the country still ranked 95th globally in health expenditure per capita in 2013, according to the most recent World Bank data.
Spending on rural health centers will double in 2016, and the budget for government medical insurance will increase nearly five-fold.