China Retirees Dispute Deep Cuts to Health Insurance Benefits

Retired workers in parts of China are disputing deep cuts in the health insurance benefits they can get their hands on, as the country struggles to complete a restructuring of its medical insurance system that will affect more than 300 million urban residents.

On Wednesday, a crowd of retired seniors gathered outside the municipal government building in the central city of Wuhan to express their dissatisfaction with the local health insurance reform that began earlier this month, a local resident told Caixin.