Li, who receives a retirement pension of 2,500 yuan a month, still goes out to collect recyclable trash every day to pay a 390,000 yuan medical debt for his sick son who later died.
even china's state media does this "feel good" cliche that makes you wanna die :agony-shivering:
No, urban health insurance is largely private but also heavily state subsidized. Large medical debts like this are very rare.