2. Read the Reuters article "Scalped: At China's creaking hospitals, illegal ticket touts defy crackdown" (available from the ECONS102 Readings list). Without scalpers, how would scarce public healthcare resources be allocated in China? If the price of publicly-funded health care is zero, why are people willing to pay scalpers for a "special care" appointment ticket? Do the scalpers' actions lower total welfare? [5 marks]