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Few people talk of the cost of Covid-19 to those people who have survived the disease, who did not have to be hospitalised and took only basic medicines. Even though a mild version of the disease that
Indians Have Had to Be Aatmanirbhar During COVID-19 â and Now They Will Be Taxed for It Out-of-pocket expenditure for families affected by COVID-19 has been extremely high in many cases. These expenses have not been made tax deductible. A boy walks past a graffiti amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on a street in New Delhi, India, March 22, 2021. Photo: Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis Government8 hours ago In his speech on May 12, 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi coined the term âAatmanirbhar Bharatâ (self-reliant India) and launched the Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan. What came to pass, instead, was not Aatmanirbhar Bharat but Aatmanirbhar Bharatiya (self-reliant Indian), as each Indian was left to fend for himself or herself.
Given the good intentions behind the health insurance, what could go wrong? We are all familiar with the options when somebody falls seriously ill. One, go to one of the public hospitals, some of which are very good - the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) and Jinnah Hospital come to mind - and charge nominal fees, especially from the poor. However, many are overcrowded, suffer from serious deficits in infrastructure and have doctors who are not motivated to provide high quality care. Two, go to a private hospital. Depending on your ability to pay, the quality and care there ranges all the way from top-of-the-line to downright dangerous, but generally, doctors there will try and do what they can - even do “too much”. The money they make depends on your experience.
In the first phase of the cancer hospital, 250-bed facility is likely to be functional by January 2024. (Representational Image) BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha cabinet on Monday approved the proposal for establishment of a 500-bed cancer hospital and a 100-bed palliative care unit in Info Valley area in Bhubaneswar, also known as Info City II. Briefing reporters, chief secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra said entrepreneur couple, Subroto Bagchi and his wife Susmita, have pledged Rs 340 crore for the two projects to be run in partnership with two Bengaluru-based charitable organisations. Sri Shankara Cancer Care Foundation would run the cancer hospital while Karunashraya Hospice Trusts will manage the palliative care unit.
Healthcare Systems Around the World Image Credit: pogonici/Shutterstock.com Healthcare in the USA The USA does not have a universal, free healthcare program, unlike most other developed countries. Instead, in line with the free-market-virtue mindset, most Americans are served by a mix of publicly and privately funded programs and healthcare systems. Most hospitals and clinics are privately owned, with about 60% being non-profits, and another fifth being for-profit facilities. Coverage by federal and state programs is partial, and most insured Americans have employment-based private insurance. Group plans funded by the employer cover about 150 million Americans. Private insurance These include health maintenance organizations (HMOs), which are networks of providers. Insured patients see a primary care physician (PCP), whose refers them to a specialist if necessary.
Ayushman Bharat and the False Promise of Universal Healthcare What implications will a health insurance scheme that relies on private capital have for India’s healthcare system?
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed numerous structural failures of the government. Among them is a failed healthcare system. The Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY), launched in 2018, is the Bharatiya Janata Party’s flagship healthcare insurance scheme, stating its commitment to “leave no one behind” with the promise of providing health cover up to ₹5 lakh for over 10 crore people. This is to be done by relying upon private healthcare providers for service delivery. However, amidst the crisis caused by the coronavirus, this health cover has not proved effective. A recent report by the National Health Authority notes that average weekly claims under the scheme have dipped by 51% during the lockdown period. More worryingly, claims for cancer care and child deliveries fell by 64% and 26% respectively.
Explore Now NEW DELHI: The healthcare sector is all set to see a rise in allocation in the forthcoming Union Budget, with the government likely to partially bear the cost of Covid-19 vaccination. Marketmen tracking the sector expect Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to offer incentives to boost the healthcare infrastructure, announce higher allocation under schemes such as Ayushman Bharat, Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), standardise hospitalisation costs for Covid-19 treatment, rationalise GST structure for hospitals and increase export incentives to boost export of formulations and finished dosages. Rating agency ICRA said even if 50 per cent of the population is to be provided vaccination by the government at a negotiated price, the Covid vaccine cost will be Rs 27,000 crore, which will in itself lead to a 40 per cent jump in healthcare allocation.
The first wave of reforms was introduced as part of structural adjustments in India, in the 1990s. This was based on the World Bank promoted model of limited state intervention in the health sector. The role of the state was defined as investing in public health management, focussed only on those health services characterised as non-excludable and non-rivalrous, where markets are considered to fail in efficient resource allocation. The consequence of these reforms was privatisation, soaring costs of health care with exclusion of large sections of the population from any healthcare services. In India, the National Rural Health Mission was introduced as an effort to strengthen public health systems and address the failures of the first reform wave.