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India aligns itself for largest health care overhaul the world has ever seen

August 17, 2018August 16, 2018 Marc

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The country is completely reforming its medical care quality, availability and reduce mortality. India is in the midst of a massive health care overhaul that will become the largest in the world once complete. The goal is to help to ensure health care is available to everyone in the country, not just the wealthy. At the moment, the richest people across the country have ready access to health care. In fact, they can even experience the medical care they need in a luxury resort-style facility. The goal of the health…

New mandatory cashless health insurance requirement implemented in Punjab

November 19, 2015November 18, 2015 Julie Campbell

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The government of the northern Indian state has now announced that this program is mandatory for its employees. The Punjab government has now announced that it is making its cashless health insurance program a mandatory form of coverage for all of its employees as well as for pensioners. The strategy is meant to help to make sure that coverage is protecting current and retired workers. According to a spokesperson from the Punjab government, it “has notified the cashless health insurance scheme which has been made mandatory for all the government…

World’s largest health insurance program to take form in India

July 3, 2014July 1, 2014 Nordstrom

Indian government is working on transforming the country’s health care system The Indian government is planning to create the world’s largest health insurance program. A recent, significant shift in government has brought more attention to India’s health care sector, as well as other sectors. The new government is eager to address what it perceives to be problems in the country’s health care structure and will be working with the insurance industry in order to do so. Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled plans for this ambitious program during a recent conference…

Health care reform in India inspired by Obamacare

July 2, 2014June 30, 2014 G. Turner

The Narendra Modi government is hoping to implement a universal insurance program for the country. The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, has announced that his government is now preparing for health care reform across the country in the hopes of creating a “complete transformation” of the current medical sector. The universal health insurance program will be personally supervised by Prime Minister Modi. As this health care reform begins, it will represent the largest of its kind that the world has ever seen. The purpose will be to ensure that…

India’s RSBY program taking advantage of consumers

December 13, 2012December 13, 2012 Nordstrom

RSBY program subject to World Health Organization study India may be home to a robust health insurance market, but its consumers may be falling victim to exploitation, according to a new study sponsored by the World Health Organization. The study focuses on the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) program, which is a health insurance initiative sponsored by the Indian government. The RSBY program is designed to provide poor citizens with access to health insurance policies that are affordable, yet comprehensive. Consumers may actually be paying much more for this insurance…