China had approximately 236 million migrant workers
in2012 [58], who are farmers seeking employmentincities.
Although they work and live in cities, the migrant workers
are still listed as rural population in the current household
registration system, and consequently they are enrolled
in their hometowns’ NRCMS. Such arrangements caused
two problems. (1) Most migrant workers cannot afford for
health care in cities since the NRCMS benefit coverage is
lower than the URBMI or UEBMI. (2) Those workers who
seek health care in cities have to go back to their hometowns
to get reimbursement. Several cities have piloted
programs to allow migrant workers to enroll in URBMI or
UEBMI. Policymakers need to evaluate the pilot programs,
and to scale up those programs that are determined successful.