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[Silver Bridge] Volume 2 · Chapter 12 · The Two Hospital Receipts I Held, and the Sighs of Korean and Chinese Elders They Contain
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- This is a serial column comparing the medical cost burden on elderly people in Korea and China through receipts from both countries and health insurance figures.
- Korea's health insurance coverage rate was 64.9% in 2024, and 69.8% for those aged 65 and over, while the out-of-pocket share at large Chinese hospitals is 30-50%, the author reported.
- The author argues that an attitude of learning from each other and an atmosphere in which elders can speak of their pain matter more than which system is superior, and introduces Chapter 12 of the author's book.
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Read the full article (machine translation) → Original article (Korean): [실버 브릿지] 제2권 · 제12장 · 제가 받아 든 두 장의 병원비 영수증, 그 안에 담긴 한중 노년의 한숨
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