Shake-up of system that drained will to donate

ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL HEALTH COMMISSION, by January 2020, 15 provinces and municipalities will reform their medical settlement system, so that when blood donors or their blood relatives require blood transfusions, the costs will be directly covered by the system, instead of letting them pay first and be reimbursed later. China Daily writer Zhang Zhouxiang comments:

The National People's Congress, the nation's top legislature, passed a Blood Donation Law in 1997, which allows a blood donor or his blood relatives to receive for free twice the amount of blood he/she has donated.

The purpose of this of course is to encourage more people to donate blood. The principle is that if someone lends a helping hand to others, the helper too should be helped when needed.