自1994年以来。国务院在九江、镇江等40多个城市进行了社会统筹与个人账户相结合的医疗保险制度试点,积累了一定的经验。国务院决定,自1999年起在全国范围内进行城镇职工医疗保险制度改革,于一年时间完成。与此同时,已实行40多年的公费医疗和劳保医疗制度将自动取消。 Since 1994 The State Council conducted a pilot medical insurance system combining social pooling with individual accounts in more than 40 cities including Jiujiang and Zhenjiang and accumulated some experience. The State Council decided that the reform of the urban employee medical insurance system should be completed within a year since 1999. In the meantime, the public health and labor insurance system, which has been in operation for more than 40 years, will be automatically canceled.