Healthcare Insurance in India: A Few Concerns
Published: May 15, 2018
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Only 28.7 per cent of Indian households can afford health coverage. Among these households government schemes predominate providing coverage to 93 per cent in rural areas and 80 per cent in urban areas.
Abstract: The Union Government’s budget speech of 2018-19 announced two major initiatives, the National Health Protection Scheme and the establishment of Health and Wellness Centres. Central and state governments have always put health at the forefront of planning, but public health expenditure as a percentage of GDP has remained low. Low expenditure, skewed distribution of coverage across states, lack of facilities in government hospitals among other problems prevail in the public health sector.
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