Medical care comes to religious groups

A doctor at a hospital in Shenmu county, Shaanxi province, performs a checkup on an elderly woman with pleural effusion, an accumulation of excess fluid surrounding the lungs. Health insurance covered more than 99 percent of the inpatient's medical fees. In 2009, the remote county launched a program which reimburses about 90 percent of inpatient expenses for its residents. Tao Ming / Xinhua