The day began today in China (for us) with……Fox News! and the O’Reilly Factor–which works well as a morning talk show!<\/p>\n
Fox News.\u00a0 Communist China.\u00a0 Go figure.\u00a0 Maybe it has something to do with Obama and Napolitano both on Fox today?\u00a0 Nice to see the left venturing outside their comfort zones on CNN and MSNBC.<\/p>\n
(Update: Over in Shenzhen this afternoon–crossing the border from Hong Kong to China, we said goodbye to Fox News.\u00a0 13 years into the 100 year merger of Hong Kong and China, looks like China proper will have to wait a little longer for Fox News.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
We read some illuminating articles in the China Daily (state) newspaper in transit.\u00a0 In a story about closing down ubiquitous unlicensed health clinics in China, the China Daily noted, “More than half of the rural population of China does not have adequate medical insurance.”\u00a0 The rural population is around 800 million.\u00a0 And migrant workers are not reimbursed for health care because people only get insurance reimbursement for fees incurred in the region they are from, not fees incurred in the region where they live and work.<\/em>\u00a0 So, the government is trying to shut down market health care alternatives while also using health insurance as a tool to control migration.<\/p>\n
On the next page of the 3\/16\/10 China Daily (page 9), an editorial says, “In the United States, the epitome of Western culture, it is difficult for a person without health insurance or enough money to get medical treatment.\u00a0 Visitors to the US, especially from poorer countries may be refused access to healthcare.”\u00a0 Well, this is simply misinformation.\u00a0 EMTALA guarantees health care to the point of stabilization to anyone<\/em> who walks into a hospital emergency room.\u00a0 Moreover, it’s an unfunded mandate. Hospitals don’t get reimbursed for care provided under EMTALA.<\/p>\n
It would be more productive for China to focus on health care provision for its uninsured and insured people than to obfuscate their own problems with straw man allegations about the U.S. system, which, though imperfect, is pretty good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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