The draft of the Medical Insurance Law is scheduled for a second review, aiming to expand the coverage of maternity insurance.

The public has mainly put forward opinions and suggestions on safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of citizens' medical insurance, improving the medical insurance system, strengthening the management of medical insurance funds, and optimizing medical insurance services. The second draft of the bill has adopted some of the opinions and is planning to make several major changes: First, to stipulate the establishment of a sound multi-level medical insurance system in the country, further clarifying relevant content and requirements. Second, to further implement the requirements of the "three medical" coordination reform in medical treatment, medical insurance, and pharmaceuticals, clearly promoting the coordinated development and governance of medical insurance with medical treatment and pharmaceuticals. Third, to further implement the requirements for provincial-level coordination of basic medical insurance and improve the long-term mechanism for insurance participation. Fourth, to further clarify the improvement of the national maternity insurance system, promote the expansion of maternity insurance coverage, and clarify the merger and establishment of maternity insurance funds with the basic medical insurance funds for employees. Fifth, to further strengthen the management of medical insurance funds usage, clarify the establishment of a risk control mechanism for the basic medical insurance fund by the local people's government, and construct a medium and long-term balance mechanism and emergency response mechanism. Sixth, to further clarify the relationship between the Medical Insurance Law and related laws, and ensure the legal application connection.