95 percent of residents in Tibet covered by basic medical insurance

More than 3.4 million people in the Tibet autonomous region have been covered by the basic public medical insurance system, with the coverage rate above 95 percent, regional officials said on Tuesday.

The maximum reimbursement for hospitalization expenses is as high as 90 percent.

The regional Party committee and government have always attached great importance to the improvement of people's livelihoods and medical security, and have made breakthroughs in solving the difficulties people face in obtaining medical treatment in hospitals and affording the high costs, Zheng Xuehong, deputy head of Tibet's Healthcare Security Bureau, told a news conference on Tuesday.