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Interesting comments here but imo India already has a pretty fantastic healthcare system. People who argue against spend some time understanding the US healthca
by modi15 8y ago
Interesting comments here but imo India already has a pretty fantastic healthcare system. People who argue against spend some time understanding the US healthcare system and the disaster it is.
India already has health insurance by private companies but its probably not used extensively. Something like this is basically a government run insurance scheme - it will most likely be a no-frills service, offer standardized plans with fixed reimbursements and provide some tax benefits for enrollment. There is very little that can go wrong here and probably pretty good upside. This is the kind of things that make for very good politics and there is no harm in the govt. capitalising on it.
That being said most of India has access to govt. run hospitals which offer near free services. The article paints a grim picture of these facilities and that might be largely true but I frequent govt. hospitals all the time even if I can afford private. They are quick, almost free and doctors are pretty good.
- rahulthewall 8y ago>That being said most of India has access to govt. run hospitals which offer near free services. Nothing could be farther from the truth. I would recommend the following study, published in The Lancet >In India, despite improvements in access to health care, inequalities are related to socioeconomic status, geography, and gender, and are compounded by high out-of-pocket expenditures, with more than three-quarters of the increasing financial burden of health care being met by households. Health-care expenditures exacerbate poverty, with about 39 million additional people falling into poverty every year as a result of such expenditures. See: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(10)61894-6/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...
- modi15 8y agoI dont really need the study. I stay here and experience this on a daily basis. There is nothing in the study which contradicts what I said. People do visit private hospitals if public hospitals dont meet their needs and such visits can definitely bankrupt people. That doesnt have to mean that the govt. hospitals are doing a bad job or that private hospitals are inaccessible.
- rahulthewall 8y ago>I stay here and experience this on a daily basis. Your anecdotal evidence is not worth more than a proper study. >That doesnt have to mean that the govt. hospitals are doing a bad job or that private hospitals are inaccessible. Private hospitals, in India, are indeed inaccessible for the majority. As for government hospitals, we don't have enough.
- boruto 8y agoPeople who think Govt hospitals are not doing a bad job should at least visit a Govt hospital once. Govt. hospitals in india are pathetic. I have first hand experience with Government general hospital, Nellore.
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