Niko Karvounis has written a terrific summary of the evolution of the Chinese health care system over at The Century Foundation's blog.

Of particular interest is this - health care inflation in China is in the 16% range, a full seven points higher than GDP growth. This inflation is primarily driven by physicians overprescribing drugs and imaging - the only two types of care that they can price high enough to generate a profit.

Yes, communist physicians are making money the old-fashioned way, by over-utilizing.