China-Style Obamacare for 1 Billion People
At Bloomberg, Natasha Khan and Daryl Loo describe China’s $180 billion push to extend basic...
by Samuel Wade | Sep 12, 2013
At Bloomberg, Natasha Khan and Daryl Loo describe China’s $180 billion push to extend basic...
by Little Bluegill | Feb 25, 2013
After a child in Shanghai received detention at school for failing to turn in a notice for a health insurance program his or her family did not qualify for, one of the child’s parents turned to the Internet to vent...
by 不忘初心 | Feb 5, 2013
The Xinhua News Agency looks at the different patterns of cancer treatment in China versus the west, due to China’s notorious environmental pollution and lack of adequate medical insurance: While the incidence rate of...
by Sophie Beach | Oct 28, 2009
In the Washington Post, Steven Mufson reports on government efforts to reform a health care system that has left many uninsured or with poor quality care: China’s health-care system is in disarray, a side effect of the...
by Wang Jun | Feb 15, 2005
From the Financial Times: Taiwan’s government has launched an emergency package to save the island’s health insurance scheme from imminent bankruptcy. The crisis of the scheme, which is running aground only 10 years after its creation, highlights the difficulties shared by all major industrial economies in finding a way to sustainably finance social security programmes […]