英闻天下——293 China Plans New Medical Payment System

 　　China's health authorities have introduced a new medical payment method that allows patients to "pay after" they receive treatment.

 

　　Currently, Chinese citizens must pay first and then apply for a 70 percent reimbursement¹ covered by medical insurance.

 

　　Hospitals are said to be welcoming the new method. Hu Jing, who's a department head at a county hospital, says now they won't have to go after patients for the bills.

 

　　A staff member (L) of Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital gives a lantern to a little patient at the hospital in north Tianjin's Municipality, Feb. 6, 2013. [Photo: Xinhua]

 

　　"In the past, we had a manager as a debt collector. Any patients waiting to receive an operation would first fill out a form about their medical costs. Their family will then take the form and pay the bill before the patients get their operations. The practice was likely to cause disputes between patients and medical providers."

 

　　Once the new system is implemented², patients will receive treatment first and then only pay the part not included in the medical insurance.

 

　　The rest will be paid by the government.

 

　　The new "pay after" plan is expected to be implemented in over 20 provinces later this year.

 

　　The Health Ministry³ says it won't be adopted nationwide yet, due to an immature⁴ social credit and medical insurance system.

1 reimbursement   

n.偿还，退还

参考例句：

• He received reimbursement for his travel expenses.由于出差的花费他可以得到公司的补偿。
• Which forms do I need to complete for my travel reimbursement?我需要填什么表来报我的旅费？

2 implemented   

v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革，经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句

3 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

4 immature   

adj.未成熟的，发育未全的，未充分发展的

参考例句：

• Tony seemed very shallow and immature.托尼看起来好像很肤浅，不夠成熟。
• The birds were in immature plumage.这些鸟儿羽翅未全。