{"id":134743,"date":"2025-08-19T01:30:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T01:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=134743"},"modified":"2025-08-19T01:30:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T01:30:09","slug":"hong-kong-cant-afford-to-outsource-its-healthcare-to-mainland-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=134743","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong can\u2019t afford to outsource its healthcare to mainland China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostIn recent years, Hongkongers have developed a new habit: going north for their medical check-ups. A 2024 survey found nearly one in three residents had sought medical care in mainland China. The reasons are as predictable as they are troubling: shorter queues, cheaper drugs and upfront prices.<br \/>\nIf this trend sounds like a temporary release valve for a stressed system, think again. What we\u2019re seeing isn\u2019t a convenient side option; it\u2019s an unofficial outsourcing of healthcare. Left unchecked, it&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/opinion\/hong-kong-opinion\/article\/3322178\/hong-kong-cant-afford-outsource-its-healthcare-mainland-china?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostIn recent years, Hongkongers have developed a new habit: going north for their medical check-ups. A 2024 survey found nearly one in three residents&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134743"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134743\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}