ABSTRACT
In recent years, China's economy cannot be able to transform from
export-oriented economy model to the demand-driven economy model. It’s necessary
to reform the economy growth model that to promote economic growth by enhancing
the consuming level. Although the Government, through the introduction of a number
of related policies to stimulate domestic demand and reduce dependence on exports for
economic growth, it takes little effect. To stimulate domestic demand has always been
a serious economic difficulty. For China's overall national income accounts for only a
small proportion of the whole community income, most of them, including income and
property income, are in the hands of the State. Low income, coupled with the improper
system of medical security system, force the residents to make more precautionary
savings so as to lead to a serious decline in the level of consumption. If we can reform
and improve China's medical insurance system, and increase in the Medicare spending,
it will certainly eliminate the people's consumption concerns, and stimulate private
consumption growth to promote economic growth.
Based on the foreign and domestic research, this paper has analysis the relevance
of China’s health insurance and consumer. Firstly, by the comparison of foreign
advanced Medical Insurance systems, it gives out a conclusion of their respective pros
and cons and any constructive suggestions to China’s Medical Insurance system. Then
it reviewed the several decades of China's Medical Insurance system in the
development process, and gave details of China's current medical insurance system and
the latest trends. Through the collection and collation of relevant data of China's 31
cities from 2005 to 2008, the empirical analysis is conducted to study the health
insurance expenditure and household consumption correlation.
The empirical results indicate that: 1. the medical insurance expenditure has a
strong effect on the urban residents’ consumption. 2. Although the medical insurance
can promote the urban residents’ consumption, they cannot further motivate the
economic growth.3. It’s necessary to increase the residents’ consumption and further
contribute effectively to the entire community’s economic growth by improving the
medical insurance system, speeding up the construction of medical insurance system in
rural area, and expanding the coverage of medical insurance.