Reporters have used green tea to expose China's failing health service, in particular the widespread practice of charging patients for unnecessary drugs and treatment.RELATED: Of course, our system isn't perfect
The reporters, working for the state-run China News Service, went to 10 hospitals in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province, complaining of feeling unwell. When asked for urine samples, they handed over the cold tea.
When the "test results" came back, six of the hospitals diagnosed bladder infections and prescribed drugs.
Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100.
If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:
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