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Affordable housing puts a smile on your facePosted by Joel Martinsen, December 27, 2007 3:07 PM
Sixty-four-year-old Li Wencai beams on the cover of today's Beijing Morning Post. Li and thirty-four other families received the keys (real ones, not just the oversized memento in the photo) to their low-rent apartments in Fengtai District yesterday. Li first made the papers after last week's contract-signing ceremony, where he broke down in tears at the realization that he would finally be moving into his own home after decades living with his in-laws. The top headline reads "Annual health subsidy raised to 80 yuan." The adjustment to the subsidy, intended to assist rural residents with health care costs, doubles the current 40 yuan per year that the central government provides in cooperation with local government agencies. According to plan, all citizens should be covered by 2010. The government will also gradually ease hospitals' reliance on drug sales for their income by reducing drug prices and increasing the price of other medical services. Other headlines:
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