 11-Jan-18, Los Angeles Times 

China provides basic healthcare coverage to nearly all its 1.4 billion people and has spent almost a decade trying to upgrade services. But many Chinese continue to harbor deep distrust in an overstretched, underfunded healthcare system.

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Companies like MediStar find opportunity amid China's struggling medical reforms. Several dozen new businesses offer second opinions from as far away as San Francisco and Boston to middle class patients fed up with busy doctors and unclear guidance.

MediStar, founded in 2014, seeks to bridge that gap. The team narrowed in on oncology and built a network of 400 physicians from across the US. The company charges USD3,000, to translate hospital records and set up one-hour online consultations. Physicians don't prescribe medicine or examine patients.

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