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Why doesn't Chinese medical insurance cover the costs of all procedures and medicine? Why do people still need to pay out of pocket for stuff? (lemmygrad.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago

This is history of China stuff. The modern things you see today is recent innovations. It was a very poor country even 15-20 years ago. It is mind blowing to see China going from "3rd world poor" to "almost-Star Trek" in the span of a decade. Everything is the result of a long winding road of changes and overhauls when things were going wrong etc.

Healthcare was privatized back in the the 1980s : Hospitals became state owned or private companies. Most people paid out of pocket. They created government run health insurance in the 2000s. Even back in the 2000s, China was poor AND it was paying for drugs and medical equipment from big multinationals.

Things aren't completely free now BUT they are a fucking heap cheaper than they were 20 years ago. Back when it WAS free (pre-1980s), it wasn't very good healthcare!