Taking a cue out of health insurance schemes down south
6 years, 4 months ago

Taking a cue out of health insurance schemes down south

Hindustan Times  

Ayushman Bharat, the government’s flagship health insurance scheme, has rekindled the hope for moving towards universal coverage of hospitalisation costs in India, but the initial spark was ignited by Yeshasvini, the health insurance scheme for rural farmers and peasants, initiated on a modest scale in Karnataka in 2003. The Tamil Nadu health insurance scheme spent about ₹225 per enrollee in 2016, while Andhra Pradesh and Telangana spent an average of ₹140 per enrollee, as against the Centre’s RSBY, which spent about ₹80 per enrollee. The health insurance provided by Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka’s Vajpayee Aarogyasree schemes essentially covers tertiary-care medical procedures and interventions, which are considered catastrophic in nature if the families have to pay on their own. The Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh medical insurance schemes cover about 1,016 and 1,044 medical procedures respectively, with 56 and 133 high volume medical procedures reserved for provision only in public healthcare facilities respectively. Available evidence suggests that over 43% of all hospitalisation, under the health insurance scheme in Tamil Nadu, took place in government hospitals in 2016.

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Budget 2025: Higher insurance penetration, Ayushman Bharat among 4 key expectations to benefit Healthcare Industry
15 minutes ago

Budget 2025: Higher insurance penetration, Ayushman Bharat among 4 key expectations to benefit Healthcare Industry

Live Mint  

Budget 2025: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present the Union Budget for fiscal 2025-26 on February 1. The expectations are building and healthcare industry expects expansion of healthcare schemes such as ayushman Bharat, increased Insurance penetration, emphasis on preventive healthcare, Tax releif for consumables and equipments This year’s budget must take bold steps to prioritize the health and …

Odisha joins Ayushman Bharat: 4.5 crore people to benefit
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Odisha joins Ayushman Bharat: 4.5 crore people to benefit

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Odisha has become the 34th state in India to join the central government’s ambitious scheme Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, considered the largest insurance scheme in the world. In this regard, the Odisha government signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Monday by integrating its own scheme, Gopabandhu Jan Arogya Yojana, with the Union Health Ministry. Speaking at …

The US’ angst over health insurance: Lessons for India
2 weeks, 2 days ago

The US’ angst over health insurance: Lessons for India

Live Mint  

The recent murder of the head of a prominent health insurer in the US, allegedly fuelled by resentment toward the industry's practices, has cast a harsh spotlight on claims policies that have left many policyholders dissatisfied. In 2021-22, health insurance surpassed motor insurance to become the largest segment by premiums among Indian non-life insurers. For instance, Star Health, the second-largest …

India’s Public Health Crisis: The Price of Privatisation
3 weeks ago

India’s Public Health Crisis: The Price of Privatisation

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 25, 2024 12:00 IST - 9 MINS READ As a nation and as a population, India shares with its South and South-East Asian neighbours the legacy of a heavy public health burden shaped by a common historical past. A recent NITI Aayog report reveals that the average monthly per capita health expenditure remains at about 13 per …

The challenge of universal health coverage
4 weeks ago

The challenge of universal health coverage

The Hindu  

The ongoing national conversation on what India needs to do for universal health coverage often misses the complexity of multiple health systems and the unique challenges they bring. Not the solution Government health expenditure in West Bengal, which was ₹1,346 per capita in 2019-20, is only about 61% of the estimated ₹2,205 required to offer UHC. The story is no …

INTERVIEW | Our agenda of welfare schemes is resonating on the ground: Maharashtra BJP leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil
1 month, 4 weeks ago

INTERVIEW | Our agenda of welfare schemes is resonating on the ground: Maharashtra BJP leader Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil

New Indian Express  

What strategies are working on the ground or turning out to be game changers? In 2.5 years of the Mahayuti government, several people welfare schemes were started. Compared to MVA government schemes, Mahayuti has far better footing. Our schemes like Ladli Bahena, Shravan Bal, financial help for senior citizens, compensations for soybean and cotton farmers are being talked about by …

Global Investors Are Flocking to India's Healthcare Sector: A Healthcare Industry Powerhouse
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Global Investors Are Flocking to India's Healthcare Sector: A Healthcare Industry Powerhouse

Live Mint  

Global investors are flocking to India's healthcare sector due to the country's increasing insurance penetration and the government's Ayushman Bharat Scheme, which aims to provide free access to health insurance coverage for low-income earners. The scheme currently covers about 500 million poor people in the country and is being expanded to cover all citizens above 70.

Evolution of the health care policy framework in India
4 months, 1 week ago

Evolution of the health care policy framework in India

Hindustan Times  

This paper traces the history of the evolution of India’s health care policy framework, focusing on its major objectives, challenges faced, and outcomes emerged. The key themes prevalent across most of these policies and specific initiatives included: increasing public health spending and reducing out-of-pocket or catastrophic health spending; addressing rural-urban inequalities in healthcare; developing primary health care; and achieving universal …

The burden of health care on India’s poorest
5 months ago

The burden of health care on India’s poorest

Hindustan Times  

In recent years, the Indian government has made significant strides in reducing the burden of health expenditure on the common citizen. A particular focus of the government has been to reduce the burden of severe economic shocks due to “catastrophic” health care expenditure such as hospitalisation. In order to understand the character of catastrophic health expenditure, Artha Global’s Centre for …

Transforming health care access and empowering communities
5 months ago

Transforming health care access and empowering communities

Hindustan Times  

Life expectancy and access to health care have increased globally in recent decades, which has significantly improved general welfare. The World Health Organization states that a health care system should improve population health, prevent health care costs, and meet health expectations. With India's fertility rate declining, it becomes even more critical to integrate fertility-related healthcare into the larger health insurance …

Rajiv Aarogyasri Health Scheme in Telangana: Rs 10 lakh coverage, 163 procedures added
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Rajiv Aarogyasri Health Scheme in Telangana: Rs 10 lakh coverage, 163 procedures added

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Enhancing the benefit under the healthcare services in the state, the Congress government on Monday announced that the health insurance cover under the Rajiv Aarogyasri Health Scheme will be increased from the existing Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh per family per annum. The government has added 163 new health procedures to the existing list of 1,672 procedures …

Andhra Ministers to come up with best crop insurance scheme for farmers
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Andhra Ministers to come up with best crop insurance scheme for farmers

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: A Group of Ministers on Monday reviewed the crop insurance scheme and directed officials to ensure effective implementation to ensure that farmers get the intended benefit. Agriculture Minister K Atchannaidu, along with Civil Supplies Minister Nadendla Manohar and Finance Minister Payyavula Keshav, directed the officials to implement the best insurance scheme for farmers as advised by the Central government. …

Govt Plans Major Expansion Of Ayushman Bharat Health Insurance Scheme: Report
6 months, 1 week ago

Govt Plans Major Expansion Of Ayushman Bharat Health Insurance Scheme: Report

ABP News  

The central government is considering a major expansion of its Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme in a bid to enhance healthcare accessibility. Launched to provide secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation coverage up to Rs 5 lakh per family annually, the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana was allocated Rs 7,200 crore in the interim Budget of 2024. President Droupadi …

Budget 2024: Health insurers seek more attractive tax incentives—and a regulator
6 months, 1 week ago

Budget 2024: Health insurers seek more attractive tax incentives—and a regulator

Live Mint  

In the interim budget for 2024-25 presented in February, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman increased the government’s allocation towards the health sector by nearly 14%. “To enable better retail health insurance penetration, the government can consider categorising them under a separate HSN code and lowering the tax to 5%," says Parimal Heda, chief investment officer, GoDigit General Insurance. The tax on …

New govt will extend Ayushman Bharat scheme to Odisha, says BJP state chief
7 months, 1 week ago

New govt will extend Ayushman Bharat scheme to Odisha, says BJP state chief

Hindustan Times  

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party will soon implement the Ayushman Bharat scheme for the people living in and outside the state, the party’s Odisha unit chief Manmohan Samal said on Wednesday. Odisha Bharatiya Janata Party president Manmohan Samal with party leaders release the party's manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls Samal said the Biju Swasthya …

Congress will bring the right to health if elected to power: Jairam Ramesh
8 months ago

Congress will bring the right to health if elected to power: Jairam Ramesh

The Hindu  

Accusing the BJP government of mismanaging the healthcare sector in India, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, on May 11, said that his party’s manifesto guarantees the universal right to health for all citizens. Mr. Ramesh also slammed the government for keeping health insurance in the 18% GST slab and said over 63% of Indians did not have health insurance. On June …

Inclusion of Septuagenarians in Ayushman Bharat: A Step Forward - News18
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Inclusion of Septuagenarians in Ayushman Bharat: A Step Forward - News18

News 18  

The BJP manifesto for the ongoing 2024 Lok Sabha elections, which includes among other things a promise to bring senior citizens aged 70 and above within the ambit of the government’s flagship healthcare program for the vulnerable sections of society, is a welcome step. Mercifully, it has not promised Ayushmaan cover for ‘very senior citizens’, the entry point for which …

Electoral season and restructuring the health system
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Electoral season and restructuring the health system

The Hindu  

With the electoral season on, it is going to be raining manifestos. Both mentioned revamping the primary health system, ensuring universal health care, expanding human resources, increasing use of technology and so on. The NDA ensured continuity of policy by scrapping the Medical Council of India and establishing the National Medical Commission, further strengthened the rural health infrastructure with capital …

Tripura government launches its health insurance scheme
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Tripura government launches its health insurance scheme

The Hindu  

Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Thursday launched the ‘Chief Minister Jan Arogya Yojana’, which is in line with the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana. He mentioned that those who have not been covered by Ayushman Bharat or any other government insurance scheme will now be able to benefit from this new health scheme. Mr. Saha stated that …

Health insurance: Maharashtra told to keep off State, says Siddaramaiah
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Health insurance: Maharashtra told to keep off State, says Siddaramaiah

The Hindu  

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said that the Chief Secretary had communicated to his Maharashtra counterpart that their health insurance scheme shouldn’t be implemented in 865 border towns and villages of Karnataka. Replying to a query, Mr. Siddaramaiah said that steps had been taken to ensure that students from Karnataka got 65% of the seats in the Sainik School. On …

Naveen Patnaik govt. to cover 90% of Odisha’s population under cashless care in private hospitals
1 year ago

Naveen Patnaik govt. to cover 90% of Odisha’s population under cashless care in private hospitals

The Hindu  

In what could be a major pre-poll announcement, the Naveen Patnaik Government has expanded the scope of Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana, State’s own universal health coverage, extending cashless care to all rural families in private hospitals. Over 45 lakh people receive free healthcare in Odisha The BSKY, which is dubbed as a major welfare measure of the Naveen Patnaik Government …

A milestone in the journey to universal health care
1 year, 1 month ago

A milestone in the journey to universal health care

Hindustan Times  

In a landmark move for India’s health care system, Prime Minister Modi inaugurated the 10,000th Jan Aushadhi Kendra under the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana at AIIMS in Deoghar last week. While the media spotlight might not have brightly shone on this accomplishment, it’s a significant stride in India’s health care narrative. In his 2023 Independence Day address, PM Modi …

Welfare scheme beneficiaries push BJP to victory in Madhya Pradesh - The Hindu
1 year, 1 month ago

Welfare scheme beneficiaries push BJP to victory in Madhya Pradesh - The Hindu

The Hindu  

Governments roll out welfare schemes with the stated objective of extending various benefits to those who are in need of them. The post-poll survey by Lokniti-CSDS in Madhya Pradesh provides a sense of the way beneficiaries of Central and State government welfare schemes voted in the Assembly election. The Central government’s health insurance scheme, Ayushman Bharat Yojana, benefited nearly half …

Ashok Gehlot's expansion of health cover under Chiranjeevi scheme 'impractical', says BJP leader
1 year, 1 month ago

Ashok Gehlot's expansion of health cover under Chiranjeevi scheme 'impractical', says BJP leader

The Hindu  

‘ BJP leader Deepti Rawat Bhardwaj on Thursday slammed the Ashok Gehlot government over its performance and questioned the practicality of Congress’ promise of increasing the medical coverage under the Chiranjeevi Health Insurance Scheme to ₹50 lakh. Ms. Bhardwaj, asked the State government to reveal the number of people who took health cover above ₹5 lakh and claimed that the …

Health Ministry urges Delhi, Odisha, West Bengal to join AB-PMJAY scheme
1 year, 3 months ago

Health Ministry urges Delhi, Odisha, West Bengal to join AB-PMJAY scheme

The Hindu  

The Union Health Ministry on September 25 urged Delhi, Odisha, and West Bengal to join the Centre’s flagship health insurance scheme, Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, to ensure that quality healthcare is made accessible to all. Speaking at the inaugural session of Arogya Manthan, being held to celebrate five years of the PM-JAY and two years of the …

KASP issues: CAG report puts State Health Agency in the dock
1 year, 5 months ago

KASP issues: CAG report puts State Health Agency in the dock

The Hindu  

Kerala’s health insurance scheme, Ayushman Bharat-Karunya Arogya Suraksha Padhati, has undoubtedly been a major fiscal disaster, with huge cost overruns and high rate of overdue claims. According to the CAG report, as on November 22, the total unprocessed claim amount across the country is ₹6,052.43 crore, of which Kerala accounts for unsettled claims worth ₹985.28 crore, from 8,43,790 claims. The …

Voluntary health insurance and its expansion
1 year, 5 months ago

Voluntary health insurance and its expansion

Hindustan Times  

With the launch of Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, insurance is no doubt set to play a dominant role in India as seen in other countries, in its path towards universal health coverage. These schemes form multiple risk pools extending from social health insurance like the Central Government Health Scheme and Employee State Insurance Scheme for formal employees to private …

Centre mandated spending on health has positive impact: study
1 year, 5 months ago

Centre mandated spending on health has positive impact: study

The Hindu  

Measures taken by the National Health Mission have given a positive fillip to the health sector across the country in the past 15 years, a study published in the Public Health For All journal has concluded. The States received funding only if they complied with the Central Government’s schemes, and States were nudged to enhance investment in primary health care. …

Centre urges States, Union Territories to achieve 100% Ayushman Bharat card saturation
1 year, 6 months ago

Centre urges States, Union Territories to achieve 100% Ayushman Bharat card saturation

The Hindu  

The Union government has urged all States and Union Territories to achieve 100% Ayushman Bharat card saturation by utilising the services of grassroots-level healthcare workers. The Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana is billed as the largest government- Stakeholders have also been directed to set up State offices and carry out review and regular monitoring of the programme. The …

Ayushman Bharat Arogya Karnataka: Team of officials to visit Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu to study health insurance schemes
1 year, 6 months ago

Ayushman Bharat Arogya Karnataka: Team of officials to visit Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu to study health insurance schemes

The Hindu  

Based on a high-level review of the Ayushman Bharat Arogya Karnataka health scheme, the State Health Department is now weighing the pros and cons of adopting the insurance mode of the health scheme over the existing assurance mode. To study the functioning of the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana /State health scheme on insurance mode and the relative advantages …

Budget 2023: What Insurance Industry Demands to Boost Insurance Penetration in India
1 year, 11 months ago

Budget 2023: What Insurance Industry Demands to Boost Insurance Penetration in India

News 18  

The Union Budget 2023 — the most eagerly awaited financial event of the year — is just around the corner. Since the growth in the insurance sector has the potential to directly aid India’s global aspirations, Budget 2023 could prove to be a catalyst for its reformation. Here are a few expectations the insurance sector has from this year’s Budget: …

Alleviating the scourge of private healthcare
2 years ago

Alleviating the scourge of private healthcare

The Hindu  

India ranks poorly on multiple health financing indicators. Public health insurance schemes have often been reproached for imposing unreasonable package rates on empanelled private providers with a weak regard for actual costs of care. For instance, some countries like Canada have conceived regional health boards that organise care equitably within regions, exploit economies of scale, and bring down healthcare costs. …

The Missing Link in India’s Journey Towards Universal Health Coverage
2 years, 1 month ago

The Missing Link in India’s Journey Towards Universal Health Coverage

News 18  

Out-of-pocket-expenditure remains a challenging part of India’s health system story. Further, according to NITI Aayog’s report ‘Health Insurance for India’s ‘Missing Middle’, the ‘missing middle’ constitutes at least 30% of the population which may not get covered under any government subsidised health insurance schemes like PM-JAY, social health insurance schemes like the Employee State Insurance Scheme or private voluntary health …

Karnataka State Government Pensioners’ Association demands cashless health insurance scheme
2 years, 3 months ago

Karnataka State Government Pensioners’ Association demands cashless health insurance scheme

The Hindu  

The Karnataka State Government Pensioners’ Association demanded the State government to implement a cashless health insurance scheme instead of reimbursement of medical expenses under the Ayushman Bharat-Arogya Karnataka scheme. L. Bhyrappa, State president of the association addressing a press conference in Kalaburagi on Sunday, said that older pensioners require a better deal with health care facilities. Mr. Bhyrappa urged the …

Centre to set up escrow account for payments under Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme
2 years, 3 months ago

Centre to set up escrow account for payments under Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme

Hindustan Times  

The Union health ministry is considering setting up an escrow account to help quickly settle payments under the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme, people aware of the matter said, explaining how the plan will keep funds flowing to hospitals even if central or state government departments, who share the costs, delay in releasing money. “There have been some complaints of …

Staff, pensioners divided over state health scheme
2 years, 7 months ago

Staff, pensioners divided over state health scheme

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The state government’s free unlimited cashless employees’ health scheme seems to have divided employees’ and pensioners’ unions after a few associations voluntarily offered to contribute 0.5 per cent to 2 per cent of their basic pay to the government to run the scheme effectively. Employees unions such as Telangana Non-Gazetted Officers’ Association, Telangana Udyogula Sangham and Telangana Pensioners Association …

Extend health cover to the ‘missing middle’
2 years, 8 months ago

Extend health cover to the ‘missing middle’

Hindustan Times  

The National Health Authority plans to extend health insurance coverage under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna to gig workers who earn between ₹15,000 and ₹25,000 per month, Mint reported on Monday. This scheme, if operationalised, will be a much-needed, welcome step because the Indian economy is moving from permanent employer-employee relationships to on-demand employer-employee relationships, and many …

Govt to Increase Ceiling Rate of Premium Paid Under Ayushman Bharat to Rs 1,500
2 years, 11 months ago

Govt to Increase Ceiling Rate of Premium Paid Under Ayushman Bharat to Rs 1,500

News 18  

The government has decided to revise the ceiling rate of premium paid to insurance companies by states and Union Territories under India’s flagship health insurance scheme, Ayushman Bharat, from Rs 1,052 per year by each family to Rs 1,500, News18 has learnt. The National Health Authority, which is responsible for the implementation of the scheme, had proposed the revision highlighting …

PM Garib Kalyan Insurance to e-Shram Portal: List of Govt Schemes in 2021
3 years ago

PM Garib Kalyan Insurance to e-Shram Portal: List of Govt Schemes in 2021

News 18  

Government Schemes of 2021: The central government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a number of welfare schemes ever since it came to power in 2014. From the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package Insurance Scheme to the e-Shram Portal, we have prepared a list of policies launched by the government this year. Here is a list of government policies …

More a private sector primer than health-care pathway
3 years, 1 month ago

More a private sector primer than health-care pathway

The Hindu  

The central government’s flagship health insurance scheme, the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, aims to extend hospitalisation cover of up to ₹5 lakh per family per annum to a poor and vulnerable population of nearly 50 crore people. Apart from AB-PMJAY and State-level government health insurance schemes, small segments of the Indian population are covered under social health insurance …

‘More Money for Health’: Financing Universal Health Coverage in India
3 years, 4 months ago

‘More Money for Health’: Financing Universal Health Coverage in India

Hindustan Times  

Any discussion of the pathways that India needs to take towards Universal Healthcare would be incomplete without a clear understanding of how it is to be financed. However, perhaps the most important challenge that we face in our UHC journey is that while the proportions being allocated to healthcare by each state government from its annual budget vary greatly and …

Rajasthan govt to roll out health insurance coverage scheme on May 1, registration starts from Apr 1
3 years, 9 months ago

Rajasthan govt to roll out health insurance coverage scheme on May 1, registration starts from Apr 1

India TV News  

Rajasthan will roll out its ambitious universal health insurance coverage scheme on May 1, the registration process for which will start from April 1, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Saturday. "We are going to implement the universal health coverage scheme from May 1 and registration will start from April 1," the chief minister said at a virtual programme of …

Why This Budget Reflects a New India That Refuses to Compromise on Aspirations, Come What May
3 years, 11 months ago

Why This Budget Reflects a New India That Refuses to Compromise on Aspirations, Come What May

News 18  

A century after Spanish Flu, the world was struck again by a devastating pandemic. Push for Making Railways Future-Ready For the rail sector, one the most critical transport infrastructure, this year’s allocation witnessed highest-ever plan for capital expenditure, to the tune of a whopping Rs 2,15,058 crore, of which Rs 1,07,100 crore is being allocated from the Union Budget while …

The health nudge is merely a mirage
3 years, 11 months ago

The health nudge is merely a mirage

Live Mint  

HYDERABAD : The Union Budget, as expected, focused on healthcare, recognizing the havoc that the pandemic has caused in the country. With current enrolment under RSBY and other state-run insurance schemes well below the target of 500 million, increased allocation of funds was a necessary step in order to expand health insurance coverage. In a year when everything should have …

PM Modi launches Ayushman Bharat scheme to extend health insurance coverage to all J&K residents
4 years ago

PM Modi launches Ayushman Bharat scheme to extend health insurance coverage to all J&K residents

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the Ayushman Bharat scheme via video-conferencing to extend health insurance coverage to all residents of Jammu and Kashmir. The Prime Minister's Office said the scheme will ensure universal health coverage, and focus on providing financial risk protection and ensuring quality and affordable essential health services to all individuals and communities. The scheme will …

Stopping the slide of health care in India
4 years ago

Stopping the slide of health care in India

The Hindu  

India’s health care is a dark echo chamber. What makes insurance and private health care an egregious combination is that the insurance backup incentivises hospitals to expand the bill but the patients do not get attended to in their best interests. In any case, insurance of secondary and tertiary care pushes out long-term investment by the state and people and …

Reversing health sector neglect with a reform agenda
4 years, 4 months ago

Reversing health sector neglect with a reform agenda

The Hindu  

Two countries which lead in the COVID-19 cases tally in the world today, namely the United States and India, are also the ones where the need for health-care reform post COVID-19 has been most keenly felt. However, the foundational aspects of U.S. health care, such as a fragmented private insurance landscape and a love for expensive specialised care, could hardly …

Govt extends Rs 50 lakh insurance scheme for healthcare providers till September
4 years, 6 months ago

Govt extends Rs 50 lakh insurance scheme for healthcare providers till September

India TV News  

Amid rising number of COVID-19 cases, the government has extended the Rs 50 lakh insurance scheme for about 22 lakh healthcare providers for another three months till September. The insurance provides a comprehensive personal accident cover of Rs 50 lakh to a total of around 22.12 lakh public healthcare providers, including community health workers, who may have to be in …

Govt courts private hospitals to boost health insurance programme, offers incentives; NHA likely to seek Rs 8,000 cr for next year
5 years, 1 month ago

Govt courts private hospitals to boost health insurance programme, offers incentives; NHA likely to seek Rs 8,000 cr for next year

Firstpost  

Launched last year, the scheme is critical to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plans to reform the country’s health system. New Delhi: India will offer incentives to private hospitals to take part in the government’s health insurance programme, potentially the biggest of its kind in the world, a senior government official told Reuters. Launched last year, the scheme is critical to …

NITI Aayog proposes mandatory health insurance for all
5 years, 1 month ago

NITI Aayog proposes mandatory health insurance for all

Live Mint  

NITI Aayog has proposed introduction of a mandatory standard basic benefit as the basis for all health insurance coverage in India. Stating that both the benefits package set by Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana on the demand side as well as the less explicit benefits package set by National Health Mission on the supply-side though preliminary versions of …

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