Elderly Health Report Price List

The retail price of a single issue is 1 yuan, and the 150 issues throughout the year (published on Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday) are priced at 150 yuan/year. Individual subscribers over 65 years old and collective subscribers of more than 30 copies can enjoy a 10%-15% discount, with the lowest price being 128 yuan/year.

Last week, when I was helping out at the health promotion point in Balizhuang Community, Chaoyang District, I met seven elderly people in the morning who came to ask about the price. Many people were wondering why the price last year was different from this year. Some people said that they had encountered someone at the gate of the community who ordered a full-year subscription for 80 yuan, and they didn't know whether it was reliable or not. In fact, the 150 yuan we are talking about is the official retail subscription price for the whole year. If the community orders collectively, discounts can be negotiated for more than 30 subscriptions. The highest price I have contacted from the community can be 130 yuan/year, which is equivalent to a discount of more than 10 cents per issue. It is really cost-effective if more people subscribe.

There are also places that package newspaper subscriptions with services for the elderly. I have seen it before in a community in Gongshu District, Hangzhou. They bundled a subscription to a senior health newspaper, a free blood pressure test once a month, and a free quarterly traditional Chinese medicine clinic for 200 yuan a set. After all, subscribing to the newspaper only cost a few dozen yuan. However, this model is quite controversial. Some people think that it is giving benefits to the elderly, who would have to undergo a physical examination, which is equivalent to getting a newspaper for free. ； Some people also say that this is a reimbursement of costs using public health funds, which is a misallocation of resources. Both views are reasonable, and there is currently no unified conclusion.

To be honest, the most important thing to be wary of is scams that pretend to be low-price newspaper subscriptions. Last month, our reader hotline received a request for help from Mr. Zhang from Hexi District, Tianjin. He said that someone came to the door claiming to be the publisher of the Senior Health Newspaper. He said that if he paid 198 yuan to subscribe, he would receive two boxes of blood pressure-lowering health care products for the whole year. However, after the money was given, the person disappeared, and the health care products were also three-no products. Let me remind you that we have never officially ordered newspapers and delivered health products. Formal subscriptions are only through three channels: offline postal outlets, the official mini program of "Senior Health Newspaper", and community-designated distribution stations. Don't believe other door-to-door salesmen.

Many people don’t know that we also have large-print newspapers and periodicals, which are specially made for elderly readers with deteriorating eyesight. The font size is 2.5 times that of the regular edition, and they are made of non-reflective beige wood paper. The retail price is 1.5 yuan per copy, and 225 yuan for the whole year. There has been debate about this pricing for a while before. Some readers wrote to us saying that the large-print version is an aging-friendly product and should be priced at the same price as the regular version. Otherwise, it would be unfair to the elderly with poor eyesight. ； However, our distribution department has calculated that the printing volume of the large-print edition is only 1/18 of the ordinary edition, and the paper cost is nearly twice as high. If we sell it at 1 yuan per issue, we will lose 6 cents per issue. I ordered a large-print version for my mother last year. She can read it directly with 200-degree reading glasses without holding a magnifying glass. It is really convenient, but my mother has been talking about it for a while, saying that it is better to use the regular version to save some money.

In fact, if you only read it occasionally, you don’t need to spend money to subscribe. Most community elderly activity rooms and elderly care service stations have free copies, so you can read it when you go for a walk. If you like to collect or are used to reading newspapers every day, it is most cost-effective to book directly through official channels for the whole year. If you can get a few old friends in the community to join a group booking, you can also save some money. Which one you choose depends on your needs.