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Chinese Healthcare (lemmy.sdf.org)
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[–] 21 points 8 months ago (7 children)

If I'm correct, you can't access health services for other provinces. So, if you come from a poor province but work and live in a rich one, if you want to use the public healthcare you need to go back to were you born.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    Oh, that's definitely incorrect, or at least I've never encountered that. I knew and know people all over China for over a decade who access the national healthcare system from outside of their home provinces.

    Actually, I'm talking to a guy right now who's been living outside of his home province for years; and his family's been going to local hospitals the whole time.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    What about the Hukou system? Unless they changed that and I'm unaware.

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  • [–] -1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    The hukou system is still in place. I'm unaware of any healthcare restrictions according to your hukou, what are you referring to?

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  • [–] 8 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Looks like it's changing, at least by reports on this 2025-12 news article about lifting restrictions 9n hukou medical insurance enrollment

    https://www.caixinglobal.com/2025-12-03/china-provinces-scrap-hukou-limits-for-medical-insurance-to-boost-mobility-102389391.html

    But as far as I'm understanding, is still a thing, that migrants from rular to urban province get unequal access to Healthcare.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    Thanks, good article! In practice their hukou hasn't stopped anyone I know from accessing national healthcare across provincial borders the last 15 years, but if any of my friends had had to return home for care, it's not much of an issue in China.

    They have such advanced transportation and good healthcare is available in all provinces. It isn't like disparate Alabama/California levels across provincial levels of healthcare, more like all pretty decent healthcare at affordable prices for everyone.

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