Hong Kong public hospitals under pressure as Consumer Council study reveals scale of patients with private medical insurance being treated under state system

More than 40 per cent of Hongkongers were treated in the city’s public hospitals despite having private health insurance because of patients’ concerns over their policies, a consumer watchdog has found.A Consumer Council survey revealed residents would rather use services provided by the state, which are under heavy strain, than use their medical cover, for fear of being caught up in disputed claims and inadequate benefit coverage.It has led the watchdog to issue 14 recommendations to better…