[National Medical Insurance Administration: Medical insurance overall fund income in the first eight months is approximately 2.07 trillion yuan] On October 7, the National Medical Insurance Administration recently released data. From January to August 2026, the total income of China's basic medical insurance (including maternity insurance) unified fund was 2,072.772 billion yuan, and the total expenditure of the basic medical insurance (including maternity insurance) unified fund was 1,550.414 billion yuan. The overall operation of the medical insurance fund was stable. Data show that in terms of basic medical insurance (including maternity insurance) unified fund income, the employee basic medical insurance (including maternity insurance) unified fund income is 1.281317 billion yuan, and the urban and rural residents basic medical insurance unified fund income is 791.455 billion yuan. In the first eight months of 2026, the overall fund expenditure of the basic medical insurance for employees (including maternity insurance) was 889.349 billion yuan, of which the expenditure on maternity insurance fund benefits was 88.929 billion yuan; the expenditure on the basic medical insurance overall fund for urban and rural residents was 661.065 billion yuan.