Looking at Care from Both Sides

Like many of you, I’ve had a lot of different job titles.  Most of them, including nurse, paramedic, and clinic manager, have been in medical care roles.  In 2001, following a catastrophic stroke, I added disabled patient to the list.  Where I was accustomed to helping patients, my view was now from the hospital bed looking up at those caring for me.  That will snap your view around in a big hurry, and it certainly did mine.

After getting past the touch and go fears over immediate survival, I began learning the hard realities of being a patient with a disabling medical condition.  I was now viewed as a long-term disability patient and told to accept my condition and apparent disabilities.  I learned that insurance placed limits on the treatments and therapies I needed that did not allow enough care for me to recover.  The nursing shortage that had been a worrisome statistic for a clinic manager had become a harsh, personal reality.  Delays in getting appointments followed by endless minutes in the waiting rooms of doctors’ offices suddenly became a source of added stress in my patient role.  Worse, I wasn’t recovering the way I hoped and believed was possible.

When we find ourselves in need of healthcare, whether planned or unexpected, catastrophic or routine, we become reliant on a medical care system that is stretched to its breaking point.  Hospitals and physicians’ offices are staffed with good people who are often tasked with doing too much with too little.  The floor nurse in the hospital isn’t being short with me because she doesn’t care.  She has many other patients, too many probably, whose needs are equally important and too few other nurses on duty to support them.  It’s not that the doctor doesn’t want to spend time reviewing my condition.  She, too, has patients who have already waited well past their appointment times.  The harried guy in admitting is already doing the job of three people, all while trying to determine whether the crying baby is a higher priority than the guy with the visibly fractured elbow.  I never doubted that they cared.  I just knew that in order to recover I needed more.

With the encouragement of two exchange students from China and the support of family, I embarked on a non-traditional journey toward recovery through medical care in China.  What hadn’t happened in three years of therapy began to return through the patient treatment offered by doctors and nurses at the First Teaching Hospital in Tianjin.  I found myself regaining sensation and movement.  Thoughts came clearer and my vision, which had bounced like a television with bad vertical hold, began to focus.  I learned that my doctors were not focusing only on my symptoms.  They were working toward improved function and overall medical outcome.  I got my life back!

That experience became the foundation for China Connection Global Healthcare, our company that today has served hundreds of clients seeking hope and health.  In just the past few months, we’ve helped families from Canada, England, Mauritius, South Korea, the Netherlands, and across the United States.   One of the great compliments we hear from all of them is how wonderfully patient and caring the doctors, nurses, aides, administrators, and even the cleaning staff are.  One patient commented that a highlight of his stay was a standing ovation from the housekeepers who stopped to encourage him as he was relearning how to walk.

One of the exciting differences in the hospitals in China Connection Global Healthcare’s Destination HealthCare Network™ is the abundance of nurses and experienced physicians.  They know and live the Chinese phrase “bing ren shi shang di”, which translates to a central focus on each patient.  The focus placed on each individual patient’s emotional and physical well-being by each of the members of the healthcare team is evident in all they do.  They know and practice the principle, that attitude is just as important in treatment as medication, surgery, massage or acupuncture.

This superior, compassionate delivery makes Destination HealthCare™ a source of renewed hope, health, and healing, along with its benefits of premier medical quality, accessibility and affordability.  Please contact us to ask how it can benefit you.

Ruth Lycke, President & CEO

The Importance of Access in Healthcare

Medical patients who look outside their home community for medical care do so for three basic reasons.  They are looking for access to care, affordability, and outstanding care.  These same factors form the three-legged foundation of Destination HealthCare™.  Access to quality medical care is a critical concern for people around the globe. 

Access takes two primary forms, being able to see outstanding doctors and being able to secure the best possible treatments for a particular injury or disease.  For centuries, people have traveled to get the care they needed.  Records about the spas in Bath, Englad date back to about 75BC.  At the turn of the 20th Century, Colorado was home to thousands of medical travelers who found relief in the many TB facilities located there. 

Any discussion of destination healthcare today necessarily includes its relationship to the more broadly used reference “medical tourism.”  Medical tourism is a term coined by the media to describe the practice of travelling outside one’s own country for medical care.  Today, it’s being used by a myriad of people to described the practice of traveling to some exotic location for medical care with a luxury vacation thrown in.  It’s been accompanied by promises of stays in luxury hotels, with some companies even going so far as to talk about “recuperation resorts”, “surgical safaris”, and “cancer cabanas”.  The latter, frankly, gives a laugh as I envision my nurse/server bringing my IV topped with a fruit slice and a tropical flower.

Destination healthcare is medical tourism’s more serious relative, as seen in China Connection Global Healthcare’s focus.  We are a healthcare company whose sole objective is to bring you to the medical care you need, from outstanding doctors, nurses and hospitals, when you need it, and at prices that won’t empty your bank account.  According to a recent study, 94% of Americans are afraid that a major medical incident will result in a personal financial crisis, even with their health insurance.  Some care isn’t available because those who need it don’t have the ability to receive breakthrough new treatments where they are.  Destination healthcare can go a long way to addressing those concerns.

In some countries, access concerns arise because wait times to see a physician can easily reach four to six months.  According to a study by the Fraser Institute, the average wait in Canada between a primary doctor referral to a specialist and the appointment is 18 weeks.  With CCGH’s Destination HealthCare™ solutions, wait times are reduced to whatever time is required for travel.  Your physician will be ready to receive you on arrival. 

Access for others can mean the opportunity to receive life changing care that is not available where the patient lives.  Access to care that can bring healing is the difference between robust, active living and merely existing.    CCGH clients come from nations around the globe because they know the benefits of Integrated Medicine, a combination of Western and Traditional Chinese Medicine, in the treatment of difficult conditions like stroke, brain injury and neurological diseases.  We’ve seen amazing recoveries from seizure disorders after care provided by Destination HealthCare™ providers who treat more seizure-related conditions than any other nation in the world.  As this is being written, our COO’s niece is finishing stem cell therapy, treatment not yet available in the United States.

Surgeons at TEDA Intl. Cardiovascular Hospital

In America, we want to believe that our medical care is the best in the world, and who can fault that desire.  Great medical care is not, however, exclusively an American product.   Nations from around the world have made and contine to make important contributions to medicine.  Remember, the first human heart transplant was in South Africa, the MRI was invented in the United Kingdom, and much of the world’s flu vaccine is manufactured by European companies.  The World Health Organization and the Wall Street Journal each cite TEDA International Cardiovascular Hospital, a member of CCGH’s Destination HealthCare Network™, as one of the top cardiology hospitals in the world.  Ease of global travel makes essential care more accessible than ever before. 

Destination HealthCare™ offers solutions to access issues for people around the world.  With an exclusively contracted network of world-class doctors and hospitals, CCGH has helped hundreds of families find access to the medical care they need.  We’d love to help you too.

Christmas Greetings From China Connection Global Healthcare

"The earth may grow old with its burden of care, but at Christmas it is always young." - Adapted from Phillips Brooks

And the angel said unto them, “Fear not!
For, behold, I bring you tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David
A Savior, which is Christ the Lord.” – St. Luke

 

Christmas is a time of joy and charity. 
On this Christmas,
May you be rich in both.

 

From all of us at
China Connection Global Healthcare

9000 Needles

If you have experienced a stroke or know someone who has, here’s a must see new film.

9000 Needles, an award winning, new film from Bigfoot Entertainment, One In A Row Films and co-executive producers Stephen Nemeth and John Cusack, recountsthe story of stroke survivor Devin Dearth and what for many is a somewhat unconventional road to recovery.   The film premiered two weeks ago at the Louisville International Film Festival, where it was runner up in the prestigious Audience Award category.   It premiered last week in Los Angeles and appears Sunday, October 17 at The Other Venice Film Festival in Venice, CA.   You can view the trailer through its Facebook fan page at: http://tinyurl.com/yl7zo5s

Stroke affects more than 700,000 people in the US alone each year and is the leading cause of disability in the US.  Stroke recovery and rehab costs can exceed $100,000, so the course of treatment is often limited by health insurance coverage.  Like Devin, many are left to fend for themselves after being told benefits are exhausted or they have gained as much as they need to live somewhat independently for the remainder of their lives.  As Devin and his family learn, there are other options.

In concert with the producers, we can make the film available for private, corporate and community group screenings across the country.  For more information, contact the producers through their Facebook fan page or China Connection Global Healthcare.

Don’t miss this opportunity to share a new hope of recovery for those who can realize it.  Please share this with anyone you know who can benefit.

Destination Healthcare – Part III: If it’s that good, why isn’t everyone doing it?

The first two blogs in this series have generated lots of discussion.  Since Destination HealthCare™, or medical tourism as some call it, remains relatively new to most people, it’s natural for there to be important questions begging to be answered.  A friend recently asked the big picture question, “If destination healthcare is that good, why isn’t everyone doing it?”  The answer surprised him, and it might surprise you too.

In the US, we make destination healthcare decisions all the time, though we rarely call them that.  Destination healthcare is based on the act of traveling outside your home community for accessible, affordable, high quality medical care.  There are excellent medical facilities that attract patients from around the country, including the Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, MD Anderson Cancer Center, and many more.  While living near Florida’s Atlantic coast, I visited a doctor in Orlando, about a 45 minute drive away, because I could schedule an appointment more quickly than with the local specialist.  A colleague, who this week became a father for the first time, moved across town to be nearer his wife’s doctor and preferred hospital.  Each of these are examples of destination healthcare decisions we make regularly.  With average wait times to see a specialist now exceeding three weeks and out of pocket medical costs for families rising to over $3500 annually, we are making these decisions more frequently than ever before.

His next question went to the heart of the matter, what about international destinations?  Here, the answer holds the same principles:  accessible, affordable, premier quality medical care.  The key difference is in the destination.

Estimates are that over 3/4 million Americans received medical care outside the United States last year, a number that continues to rise rapidly.  Medical procedures cover the full gamut from dental care to heart surgery.  China, Germany, and a few other nations are ahead of the US in stem cell research and treatment, and we are seeing increasing numbers of patients going abroad for these treatments.  The Wu Stem Cell Medical Center in Beijing is one of the top treatment facilities in the world today and provides care for international patients daily.  The TEDA International Cardiovascular Hospital is recognized for excellence by the World Health Organization.  With a greater emphasis on outcomes over billed procedures, reduced hospital infection rates, access to premier doctors without extended waits, VIP attention to international patients, and the best in hospitals, international destination healthcare has become an integral part of the global marketplace.

Now more curious, my friend then asked, “So, why aren’t businesses covering destination healthcare in their benefit plans?”  More than any other factor, the answer is because destination healthcare is a new concept for many business executives and small business owners.  The American Medical Association and American College of Surgeons issued policy statements earlier this year, a growing recognition of destination healthcare benefits for individuals and businesses.

For business executives and owners, the increasing costs of health insurance place a serious strain on budgets.  A health plan that cost $800 per employee per month in 2001 now exceeds $1500.  Destination HealthCare™ can slow that growth by reducing the underlying cost of medical claims.  In a recent client evaluation, we found that savings could exceed $1.7 million per 100 cases.  Looking at a single process, stroke rehab expenses can easily exceed $90,000 in the US and patients are frequently on a timetable for recovery, after which coverage ends or is significantly limited. China Connection Global Healthcare is able to deliver stroke rehab and therapy for just over $20,000 with a focus on recovery instead of the number of days consumed.  These kinds of savings can go directly to relieving the financial pressures of rising insurance costs.  You can learn more about the savings at www.chinaconnection.cc/procedures.html.

Easily accessible, premier medical care at affordable costs for individuals and businesses; it is that good and more people are discovering it.  We’d love to help you learn more and become one of them. 

Healthcare Reform

In a recent informal poll of health insurance, human resource and other business executives, the question was asked: “Does Washington understand the difference between health insurance and health care?”  Every one of the more than 50 respondents said no…every single one.

A close look at the debate reveals that it isn’t about health care. It is about the accessibility of medical care for the millions of Americans without insurance and the increasing numbers of those for whom medical care is unaffordable even with health insurance.  A recent report published in the American Medical Journal shows that almost 2/3 of personal bankruptcies filed in the US have medical debt as a major component.  More than 70% of those people have health insurance.   

For the medical system and the fiscal infrastructure that supports to find real reform bringing care within the financial reach of patients, the first step is to stop searching for “the” answer to “the” problem as if one of each will bring resolution. The problems are myriad. 

The healthcare debate is, at its core, about three key elements: quality, accessibility and affordability.

Quality

Earlier this year, the Deloitte Center for Health Studies reported that an astounding 80% of Americans give our health care system a grade of C or lower.  The World Health Organization a few years ago ranked US medical care 39th in the world.  The current system, which is procedure rather than outcome oriented, has few incentives for outcome or result.  A 2009 survey conducted by the Miller Chevalier and the American Benefits Council included this comment on the impact of poor quality:  ”Mistakes drive up cost, too much care drives up cost and too little care drives up cost.” A hospital gets more income by delivering 8 marginally necessary procedures than getting a recovering stroke patient out of a wheelchair. One need only ask what the patient would prefer to see how badly mangled the system is. 

Accessibility

 Wait times for specialist appointments have increased to over three weeks, more than a week longer than just two years ago.  A family member recently was told the wait to get an appointment with a thyroid specialist was six weeks.  In many places, the wait for appointments with primary care physicians now approaches five days.  It’s no wonder more people are seeking care at urgent care clinics or showing up at local emergency rooms with relatively simple conditions.

Affordability 

PWC shows cost shifting continues

A health insurance plan that cost $500 in 2000 now costs an average of $1178, a 136% increase.  Employers have been unable to afford those increases without shifting more of the expense to their employees.  PriceWaterhouseCoopers recently reported that almost 80% of employers are responding in 2009 by increasing deductibles and employee share of the premium.  During this same time, direct compensation is growing at an average rate of 3.2% annually since 2000.

 

Destination HealthCare™ offers individuals, employer groups, and insurance carriers an alternative to the quality, accessibility and affordability dilemma.  Our exclusive network of world class hospitals delivers patient-directed, outcome oriented care in more than 30 medical specialities and subspecialties.  Included in the network are hospitals designated as centers of excellence by the World Health Organization, the global leader in non-surgical weight loss, a leader in stem cell research and treatment, and the premier hospital for integrated Western and Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Our exclusive network delivers unparalleled accessibility.  There are no wait times to see a provider.  Appointments are preset, so that you can be seen by the selected provider on your arrival.

At rates that can be as much as 90% less than those in the US, Destination HealthCare™ delivers  the ultimate in affordability.  Because China Connection works with your health insurance company, we can further reduce your out of pocket medical expenses and their claim costs, helping stabilize future premium pricing.  A self-funded employer health plan can experience savings in excess of $1 million per 100 cases with Destination HealthCare™.  We also integrate with your medical reimbursement accounts by making sure that together we maximize the eligibility of benefits and medical expenses.

To learn more about how you can benefit from Destination HealthCare™ visit us at www.chinaconnection.cc or watch our employer group video at http://www.chinaconnection.cc/TV/Clienttv.html.

American Medical Association and American College of Surgeons Comment on Destination Healthcare

In recent months, both the American Medical Association and the American College of Surgeons have issued new position statements regarding destination healthcare (or its less serious cousin, medical tourism).  What’s interesting about this occurrence is not that it happened, but rather the recognition by both bodies of the important role destination healthcare can play when properly structured and delivered.  The American College of Surgeons described it this way:

“Residents of the US may choose to pursue medical care abroad for a variety of reasons, including a real or perceived lack of services available at home; limits imposed by payors or regulatory agencies on access to certain specialists, treatment protocols, equipment or services; prolonged waiting periods, lower costs of care; and personal reasons.”

ACS goes on to recommend that patients “seek care of the highest quality” and encourages its member physicians to “assist all patients in reaching informed decisions concerning medical care, whether at home or abroad.”

This is a dynamic position from the American College of Surgeons as it recognizes some critical elements of premier quality medical care:

• Certain medical procedures which have only been recently approved for use in the US, like hip resurfacing, or are still in research trials, like some stem cell treatments, have been available for patients outside the US for several years.
• There are certain medical specialties, procedures and equipment that are better delivered in hospitals that lie outside the US.
• Wait times to see medical specialists in the US have risen by more than a week in recent years (American Medical Journal report).
• Personal medical expenses have risen to unsupportable levels.  A health insurance policy that cost $1000 per month in 2001 now costs $1975, and employers are being forced to shift much of that cost to their employees whose wages have not risen fast enough to keep up. Sixty percent of personal bankruptices include medical expenses as a major factor, and 75% of those people have health insurance.

Both groups comment on the need to plan in advance for follow-up care when a patient returns to the US.  This is often cited as a drawback to medical tourism.Many describe it as an unwillingness by physicians to treat a patient that has been treated elsewhere.  However, those commentators miss the point.  

A gastric bypass surgeon recently shared the concern with us succinctly this way: “I have no problem treating a patient from another quality doctor.  I do worry when someone who has a poorly done gastric bypass surgery wants me to do all the subsequent procedures, which starts with correcting the mistakes of the original doctor.”  A primary care doctor added his perspective by saying that almost all his patients are treated somewhere else (a different form of destination healthcare) and return for follow up.  For him, having access to medical records and the treating physician, if needed, are important.  At China Connection Global Healthcare, we agree and have integrated procedures to make sure you have access to elite physicians and that your records and doctors are available for your home doctor on your return.

Both groups also encourage patients to evaluate and understand that legal systems around the world vary, so the nature of legal recourse will be different from those in the US.  This is a positive step from earlier positions taken by the AMA, in particular, and from the uninformed comments of too many writers who suggest that there is no recourse available.  Certainly, distance will be a factor in bringing a legal action in a foreign country; however, it is hardly an insurmountable obstacle.  Among other concerns that arise are the relatively small size of damage awards, based on a combination of differing concept of awards or currency conversion (e.g., a 2,000,000 Rupee award in India is about $41,600); a legal requirement that the lose of a lawsuit pays all costs; and differing laws defining medical malpractice. 

The AMA and ACS agree as well on the importance of understanding the risks of post-surgical travel.  We share that position at China Connection.  The physicians at our Destination HealthCare Network™ do too.  As I’ve noted before, once a scalpel is involved, I’m not on vacation, and I suspect the same is true for you.  Before starting return travel an appropriate period of rest and recovery is crucial, and the doctors with which we work understand the implications of air and ground travel for you as a patient.  This is an important difference from many providers and one we hope you consider carefully.

It’s clear that American medicine recognizes the value Destination HealthCare™ offers.  For more information on how you can benefit, we encourage you to contact China Connection Global Healthcare at www.chinaconnection.cc.

Air France Flight 447

At this hour, Air France Flight 447 from Rio to Paris is missing and presumed lost in the Atlantic.  On board were 228 souls, each of whom leave behind families, friends, neighbors and colleagues.  Not all of us will know someone on the flight, or perhaps even someone who knows someone on the flight.  We will all, however, be reminded that life is transient and that it can disappear in the blink of an eye.

The leaders of China Connection Global Healthcare are people of faith, and we know there there is life eternal that follows this life.  Our prayers and sympathy go out to the families who are touched today by this loss.  May God provide them with comfort and strength in this time of great loss and hold close those who perished who know Him.

Destination Healthcare – Part II: What is It?

In part I of this series on Destination HealthCare™, we outlined the need to separate the wheat from the chaff.  

For Destination HealthCare™, the chaff is the infobabble of outdated information, an association with leisure travel (Ed. note:  Once there’s been a scalpel involved, I’m no longer a tourist.), and the confusing array of commentary by people who understand far too little about international healthcare.  

In Destination HealthCare™ Differences (4/6/2009), we addressed some of what makes up the destination healthcare decision.  It’s been a surprise to most people with whom I’ve shared this business as they come to realize they make destination healthcare choices routinely.  have been surprised to learn how routinely they make destination healthcare decisions.  The part of the choice that’s new comes with introducing an international destination.  

Destination HealthCare™ is a serious approach to premier quality, accessible, and affordable medical care.  Let’s face it, we’re in a mess.  A Robert Wood Johnson Foundation report earlier this year has over 60% of American giving US medical care a C or lower.  President Obama talked in a May 11 press conference about the financial worries people have related to medical care.  Over 50% of Americans are worried that a major medical incident could bankrupt them. 

International medical staff

China Connection Global Healthcare has chosen to work with the Chinese health care market, because we have been able to find and contract with world-class hospitals that are familiar with the needs of international patients and that deliver exceptional care.  Beijing and Tianjin, the cities our network hospitals are located in, are each first-world, metropolitan cities that afford personal safety and security, in contrast to others that promote themselves as medical tourism locations but have experienced issues with political instability or terrorism.  The hospitals themselves are well-known for the exceptional quality of medical attention and care delivered within their walls.

Destination HealthCare™ integrates all the benefit opportunities available to you.  We research your insurance coverage to see what is or can be covered, and we try to get the insurer to pay directly rather than requiring that you pay in advance and be reimbursed.  Beyond that, we also look out for medical reimbursement and tax deduction options for you, and we provide you with records to use to get the funds you deserve.  By definition, medical tourism with a vacation element cannot legally do that.

What then is Destination HealthCare™ not?  It’s not a replacement for a healthy lifestyle or a wellness plan.  It doesn’t take the place of routine doctor visits or the critical call to 911 for emergency care.  It shouldn’t be an alternative for filling prescriptions or less expensive over-the-counter medications.  It’s not the final answer to the medical care dilemma, but it is an alternative to many of its problems.

What is it?  Destination HealthCare™ is a way to get the best in medical care, when you need it, and at costs you can afford.  Here’s an example:

John K. lives in rural Colorado, about three hours from Denver.  He has a medical condition that cannot be adequately treated at his community hospital, so his doctor suggests a specialist in Denver.  The specialist agrees to see John in four weeks, which is the next available appointment.

John’s health insurance has a $1000 deductible after which it pays 80% of the next $5000.  His total out-of-pocket cost, therefore, could be $5000 ($1000 + $4000).  The medical procedure itself will cost $60,000.  However,

A) the procedure is not covered by John’s insurance plan.  John cannot afford the cost and decides not to have this crucial surgery.

B) the procedure is covered by insurance, and the hospital wants the full $5000 John will owe when he is admitted.

C) the procedure is available through Destination HealthCare™ in Tianjin designated by the World Health Organization as a center of excellence at a total cost of $4,000, and John’s insurance will cover it.  Now, John’s out of pocket cost is only $3400.  His wife is able to stay in his hospital room with him, rather than being booted to a hotel after visiting hours end.  Even better, because John’s insurer has come to know the benefits of Destination HealthCare™, they waive his deductible in favor of the savings they achieve.

Want to know more?  Contact us at www.chinaconnection.cc

Separating Wheat from Chaff in Destination Healthcare – Part I

A recent Google search for “medical tourism” returned over 18 million results. Some were informative, some were advertisements for facilitators, countries or hospitals, some were overviews of medical tourism, and yet others were news stories about companies or individuals who were conducting pilot tests for destination healthcare projects.  Unfortunately, too many of the hits consisted of outdated or inaccurate information, misconceptions, or represented the work of people with too little familiarity with destination healthcare. 

With 18 million Internet references, how does anyone sort the wheat from the chaff and make the right decisions about destination healthcare?

It’s fair to observe that some of the infobabble is because serious destination healthcare remains a relatively new idea for most Americans.  It’s also related to the fact that too many of the commentators are writing high school quality research papers on a subject, our health care, that merits far more serious consideration.  As an example, one recent web content provider posted an article from a company whose sole experience in destination healthcare was the writing of the article.  The article was heartbreakingly bad.  

In this upcoming series, we’ll look at the fundamentals of Destination HealthCare™.  We’ll take a looking into: (a) what Destination HealthCare™ is and isn’t, (b) how to select a destination healthcare provider, (c) how to determine whether you are a good candidate, (d) how a Destination HealthCare™ provider should work with you and your insurer, (e) what continuing care arrangements should be made when you return home, and (f) how the benefits of Destination HealthCare™ work together for you.   We’ll also talk about some of the myths that exist and why they aren’t what they seem.

Finally, I want to finish today’s post with two thoughts.  The first “medical tourist” I knew personally was my late friend Ron, who traveled three continents in 1987 seeking a cure for the brain tumor that eventually killed him.  Not coincidentally, Ron was a doctor and knew there were advances in medicine beyond what was available in the US.  Regrettably, the treatment he needed was realized about 8 years after his passing.  Ron never considered himself a tourist, however.  He was and never stopped being someone committed to finding the best available medical care for his particular need. 

China Connection Global Healthcare is involved in a serious field, destination healthcare.  It isn’t about tourism, recuperation resorts, surgical safaris, nursing cabanas, or other terms that trivialize an individual’s need for premier quality medicine from world-class providers at rates that are affordable for both individual and corporate payors.  We’re committed to changing the conversation, so that each of our readers, friends, and members find hope, help and healing…and there’s where the wheat begins to separate from the chaff.

For more contact me at www.chinaconnection.cc