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China Moves to Curb Health Costs

A new plan would have Beijing buy and distribute medicines at lower cost, the Financial Times reports:The measures are part of an Rmb850bn ($124bn, €88bn, £75bn) overhaul of the country’s ailing health system, aimed at securing basic medical services for every citizen and increasing efficiency and transparency in drug use. When Beijing began reforming its communist economy 30 years ago it discontinued free