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I had an interesting conversation with a Lyft driver, they were clearly from China from the knowledge/insights they shared. It was their belief that China's pop
by loceng 6y ago
I had an interesting conversation with a Lyft driver, they were clearly from China from the knowledge/insights they shared. It was their belief that China's populations are much more densely populated, the family unit remaining - parents living with their children and their parents - because the previous generations didn't have pensions to rely on; another pressure I imagine is that I don't believe health care and other costs are covered in China?
- gruez 6y agoHow is this related to the opium wars, western imperialism, or the wechat ban?
- loceng 6y agoRelated to economic-commercial situation?
- srtjstjsj 6y agoChina healthcare funding seems pretty similar to US https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_China https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthcare_in_China
- seanmcdirmid 6y agoIt’s a bit different from the states, rather than big deductibles and no caps, you have small deductibles and lowish caps. So if you break a leg, things are very affordable, but you are quickly on your own if you get cancer.
- srtjstjsj 6y agoOf course there are differences, but I think the main takeway is that the variation within each country (and over time -- ACA is new and not necessarily going to stay stable long term) is larger than the difference between the countries. ACA hasn't ended medical bankruptcy.
- seanmcdirmid 6y agoIn China there is no such thing as medical bankruptcy, because they make you pay up before treatment, they don’t send you a bill. It’s just one of those things that distinguish between developed world and developing world healthcare.
- uranusjr 6y agoChinese elderly have pensions, and they do cover health care etc. But the extremely rapid economic growth in the past decades means they have no chance to cover living cost today.