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In Depth: As Mass Covid Testing Becomes China’s New Normal, Debate Grows Over Who Pays

By Liu Denghui, Dong Hui and Zhang Yukun
2022年05月27日 13:05
National Healthcare Security Administration says local medical insurance funds shouldn’t be used for large-scale programs
A regular nucleic acid testing mandate across the country could cost around 1.8% of GDP, economists estimate. Photo: VCG

As China’s local governments rack up billions of yuan of health care costs to implement the country’s dynamic “zero-Covid” policy, including mass testing and vaccination campaigns, a debate is growing about where the money is coming from to pay for it all.

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