More Than a Billion Chinese but So Few Coffins

Article Abstract:

Although the Chinese government has been unsuccessful in controlling the sales of counterfeit video recordings, it has been more effective in enforcing the burial laws that call for cremation. The use of coffins is banned, but they can still be bought for $75 to $250.

Commodity & service prices, Public affairs, Police Protection, Law Enforcement & Crime Prevntn, Justice & Safety, Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities, Funeral Homes and Funeral Services, Funeral service and crematories, Funeral Services, Burial caskets, Burial Casket Manufacturing, Social aspects, Prices and rates, History, Law enforcement, Funeral industry, Cremation, Coffins, Company pricing policy, Burial laws

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In Effort to Pare Medicaid Rolls, Long-Term Care Is the Focus

Article Abstract:

Health care experts and politicians agree that Medicaid is costly, and that patients that require long-term care are a financial drain on limited resources, but they are divided on how to implement a feasible and ethical solution.

United States, HEALTH SERVICES, Medicaid, Administration of Public Health Programs, Economic aspects, Health care industry, Health policy

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Rivers Run Black, and Chinese Die of Cancer

Article Abstract:

The Chinese policy of promoting economic development while mainly ignoring environmental concerns has resulted in a rural population that is riddled with cancer.

Health aspects, Physiological aspects, Environmental aspects, Pollution, Environmental policy, Rural population

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