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This paper utilizes administrative data to analyze expenditure responses to the health insurance policy in rural China, and clear visual evidence of bunching is observed at the kink point. A static response model with optimization frictions estimates that a complete elimination of the reimbursement would cause the total expenditure per visit to decrease by 34.5%, and approximately one-third of the studied population makes decisions with errors. Heterogeneous expenditure responses and optimization frictions are observed across demographic groups. Cost-benefit and counterfactual analyses indicate that the current policy generates the greatest welfare gains.