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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_envelope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_envelope I’d never heard of this before.
by erric 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_envelope https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_envelope
I’d never heard of this before.
- twic 9y agoOn the situation in hospitals specifically: https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-red-envelope-capitalistic-health-care-in-red-china/ https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-red-envelope-capita...
- jotm 9y agoLol, that's exactly life in Eastern Europe/ex-USSR. There's socialized medicine, but if you want better service, you have to bring a gift (whisky, chocolate, money, the latter is always desirable). Not just hand cash over, that's disrespectful nowadays.
- linkmotif 9y agoMy grandmother was a pediatrician in Kiev in Soviet times. Her salary was about on par with anyone else, but she got tons of gifts.