Perhaps This World Isn't Beautiful, but It Isn't That Bad Either

On Lunar New Year's Eve at noon, after finishing the cleaning and playing on my phone for a while, I saw a classmate in our university group share a link to a crowdfunding campaign. Her father had been diagnosed with a tumor. I felt a pang of sympathy; it was the eve of the Lunar New Year, and while my family and I were gathered together in happiness, her family was facing endless suffering.

I clicked on the image and looked at the medical expense bill. One of the pages showed a total cost of 240,000 yuan. For a family that was not wealthy, this might become an obstacle they could never overcome. I wanted to do what little I could to help them, but it would only be a drop in the bucket.

It was not until I noticed a line below stating that 180,000 yuan had been paid by the medical insurance fund that I felt relieved. Socialism had manifested itself clearly at that moment.

I used to often complain about the unfairness of the pension insurance system. The delayed retirement age and opaque distribution system had left me disappointed in the system as it currently exists, but medical insurance always gives me comfort. When people's lives need saving, it really does step in.

Suddenly, I felt that paying more into medical insurance had meaning after all. It doesn't matter; paying a little more is fine, as long as it can help those who truly need it.