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Shanghai Employees Can Use Medical Savings Accounts for 116 Non-Program Vaccines

Shanghai’s medical insurance bureau said employees can use accumulated balances in their individual medical insurance accounts to pay for non-program vaccines and injection services starting September 15, 2026. The policy covers 116 products on the city’s group-procurement list for non-immunization-program vaccines, including influenza and rabies vaccines and passive immunotherapy biologics.

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This is a notable expansion of how accumulated personal medical-savings balances can be deployed, turning idle account funds into a demand channel for preventive and therapeutic biologics. The practical effect falls on the city's group-procurement list, which effectively becomes the gatekeeper for which products benefit. Whether other regions mirror Shanghai's approach, and whether the list itself expands, is the open question worth watching.

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