As I've been working in Asia this week, I've made it a point to inquire into a number of things including health care. As a communist country, I would have assumed that all of the Chinese people were covered by government health care. Surprisingly, there aren't.
Chinese people DO have catastrophic protection in the case of an accident or major illness, but for the periodic cold or cough, the Chinese pay just like us. The government knows that it cannot financially provide all of its citizens with a full coverage option. It also forces the people to take part in being responsible for their health and prevents them from dropping by their local ER every time they feel sick.
Quite a novel approach for such a government-centered country.
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