#Chinainsights#chinanews Under these circumstances, 87% of the peasants rely on their own for medical care. To them, it seems pointless to pay for insurance when they live in a tight financial situation. Some peasants said helplessly, "When the ambulance rings, a pig is lost, a year's work is gone if you are hospitalized once, and one illness wipes out decades of hard work." Moreover, since the 1990s, the CCP has implemented a healthcare reform in which all public hospitals are required to be self-sufficient financially. A "pay-as-you-go" healthcare system was then put in place. It has led to the cruel fact that hospitals won't treat a patient if he or she doesn't pay a deposit first. Patients are driven out of hospitals because running out of money becomes a common occurrence. Let's look at the following three real-life cases. Have questions? Do you have something to share with us about China? We want to hear from you! Email: Cinsights.subscription@gmail.com Facebook www.facebook.com/EyesOnChina. Your support allows us to produce more high-quality videos. Consider donating at https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/ChinaInsights Copyright @ China Insights 2021. Any illegal reproduction of this content in any form will result in immediate action against the person(s) concerned.