Measures taken to improve medical insurance system in N China's Hebei

Working staffs explain medical insurance policies to people at the Government Affairs Service Center of Wen’an County, north China’s Hebei Province, on Jan. 12, 2023. In recent years, the local government has kept optimizing the medical insurance system for both urban and rural residents, realizing the one-stop instant settlement of basic medical insurance and critical illness insurance, which effectively reduces the burden of receiving medical treatment. (Gao Danyu/Guangming Picture)

Working staffs explain medical insurance policies to people at the consultancy department of a hospital in Wen’an County, north China’s Hebei Province, on Jan. 12, 2023. In recent years, the local government has kept optimizing the medical insurance system for both urban and rural residents, realizing the one-stop instant settlement of basic medical insurance and critical illness insurance, which effectively reduces the burden of receiving medical treatment. (Gao Danyu/Guangming Picture)

A medical staff measures blood pressure for a patient at the clinic of a hospital in Wen’an County, north China’s Hebei Province, on Jan. 12, 2023. In recent years, the local government has kept optimizing the medical insurance system for both urban and rural residents, realizing the one-stop instant settlement of basic medical insurance and critical illness insurance, which effectively reduces the burden of receiving medical treatment. (Gao Danyu/Guangming Picture)