> What happens when 500 million people start to go to the few private hospitals? It looks like there could be some nice election-year “progress,” but that isn’t

> What happens when 500 million people start to go to the few private hospitals? It looks like there could be some nice election-year “progress,” but that isn’t going to magically make more private beds appear. That seems to be the least serious issue with this. Firstly, the coverage is minimal enough (especially considering their estimates of the rate of payout) that I doubt it would have that great an effect on usage. I don't really see why the market would fail to meet new demand in this case, and certainly I don't see why you think that it would be easier or cheaper for the Indian government to fix their public hospitals (especially if you've seen their other programmes, especially public primary schools).