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Two tier healthcare in China is more like the doctors refuse to do anything for you, or the hospital refuses to admit you.

https://qz.com/1206738/the-death-of-a-chinese-flu-patient-re...

The new yorker has a much more in depth diagnosis of health care in China.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/08/25/under-the-knif...

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That sounds like Valley Medical here in Si Valley. Ostensibly, they have to "accept everyone" but realistically, they put people on buses and send them elsewhere. Also, there are many specialties with zero appointments available and no waiting list... they require calling up at a certain time like getting Yosemite campgrounds. So much for capitalism and the miracles of being "better" than socialism.

It’s better at extracting value for the shareholders. Not that China is socialist, it looks dead set on combining the worst of capitalism and the worst of central planning.

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