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Beijing lets workers share idle medical accounts across provinces

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Beijing wants workers’ dormant health-account savings to do more for families. On June 5, the healthcare administration (NHSA) and finance ministry issued trial procedures for cross-provincial "mutual aid" using employee medical-insurance personal accounts. Some context: These accounts are individua...