This paper conducts content analysis on three ministry newspapers to explore the bureaucratic politics behind China's integration of its health insurance schemes. In 2013, the State Council issued the Notice of Dividing the Tasks for Implementation of the Plan for Institutional Reform and Functional Transformation. In this Notice, the government decided to integrate three major health insurance schemes: an urban employee basic insurance, an urban resident basic insurance, and a new rural cooperative insurance. However, the process was delayed due to the competition for supervision of the integrated system between the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MHRSS) and the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC). The two Ministries elaborate their justifications through their official newspapers. Our analysis indicates a significant difference across these newspapers in presenting the reasons for integrating the schemes under either the MHRSS's or the NHFPC's supervision. Through examining the reports in the People's Daily, we also find that the top decision-makers have not come to a conclusion as to which Ministry should supervise the integrated system.