just for the record, almost all my family still lives in china. my mom was once an RN there a long time ago. i've had my fair share of exposure to what happens in the hospitals there. sure it's for the most part "free" or of low cost and available to everyone, but goodluck trying to get in when you really need to. there's a reason that ppl with money will "tip" their way into better doctors and less wait times. in fact when my cousin was diagnosed with leukemia 3 yrs ago, we had to seek quite a few connections to get him into a good clinic to be treated, else he would've been sol.