Last week, the State Council of China detailed its 2009 plans for healthcare reform. China’s national government is committed to a top-to-bottom overhaul of its medical system by 2020, and it is slowly releasing the specific, year-by-year steps it will take to achieve its overarching policy goals. As an example of the unhurried quality of its announcements, the 2009 plans were declared after more than half of the year has passed. More details...