[Maternity insurance benefited 25.56 million people in the first seven months of this year] On September 4, Wang Wenjun, deputy director of the National Medical Insurance Administration, introduced at the "Starting the 15th Five-Year Plan" series of themed press conferences held by the State Council Information Office on the 4th that in the first seven months of this year, the maternity insurance fund expenditure was 78.42 billion yuan, benefiting 25.56 million people, of which 60.78 billion yuan was spent on maternity allowances, and direct payment to individuals was fully realized. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, we will vigorously promote flexible employment personnel, migrant workers, and people with new employment forms who participate in employee medical insurance to participate in maternity insurance simultaneously, reasonably improve the level of prenatal examination protection, promote the basic realization of "no out-of-pocket payment" for individuals who give birth in hospitals within the scope of the policy, and further expand the scope of direct settlement of maternity medical-related expenses in other places.