By VOA
“Civil servants and public institution staff are still entitled to subsidized medical assistance insurance on top of the employee health insurance scheme,” political risk consultancy SinoInsider said in a note.
“Senior and retired CCP [Chinese Communist Party] cadres have long had access to generous medical treatments at public expense and without having to pay for basic healthcare insurance.”
Local governments could “compromise and meet protester demands early” rather than engage in a drawn-out dispute, the firm added.
