sid_22 Posted February 2, 2018 Report Posted February 2, 2018 Prime Minister Narendra Modi latest blockbuster policy is an ambitious plan to give hundreds of millions of people greater access to hospitals. The government said Thursday it plans to cover hospital treatment costs of up to 500,000 rupees ($7,800) per year for 100 million "poor and vulnerable" families. That's more than 15 times the amount poor families in India can currently claim from the government. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley estimated that around 500 million people will benefit from the program. If the program is fully taken up, it would cost close to $780 billion, a huge sum for India's $2.4 trillion economy. "India cannot realize its demographic dividend without its citizens being healthy," Jaitley said, referring to the country's large young population. "The government is steadily but surely progressing towards the goal of universal health coverage," he added, during a speech presenting his annual budget. Jaitley said "adequate funds will be provided for smooth implementation" of the plan, but did not elaborate. Finance ministry officials did not respond to requests for comment. Access to healthcare is a major problem in India. Public hospitals are few in number and often underfunded and understaffed. India has just over 1 million registered doctors and fewer than 15,000 state hospitals for its 1.3 billion people, according to government data released last year. Total spending on healthcare in India averaged $267 per person in 2014 -- the latest year for which data is available -- compared to $9,403 in the United States, $3,377 in Britain and $731 in China, according to the World Bank. Many Indians have no choice but to use private hospitals, where treatment is unaffordable for someone earning the average annual wage of less than $2,000. That forces many to go deep into debt or sell their valuables and other assets to pay for treatment. The government is already trying to bring healthcare closer to rural Indians by establishing 150,000 "health and wellness centers," a separate program to which Jaitley allocated around $190 million in the budget. "These are significant steps towards universal health coverage," Dr. Poonam Khetrapal Singh, regional director for South-East Asia at the World Health Organization, told CNNMoney 1 lakh crores anta............. Evadi abba sommu ani istunnadu........... Middle class and Taxpayers ki matram emi undavu........... its always the billionaires and labor who get all the goodies from the system......... Obamacare lagane M gudisipotadi. Quote
AryaD Posted February 2, 2018 Report Posted February 2, 2018 It is a clone of Rajiv arogya sri. Aa funds evo government hospitals meeda spend cheyachuga. This plan will fill the pockets of private hospitals . Quote
Android_Halwa Posted February 2, 2018 Report Posted February 2, 2018 Just now, AryaD said: It is a clone of Rajiv arogya sri. Aa funds evo government hospitals meeda spend cheyachuga. This plan will fill the pockets of private hospitals . For the last 70 years, we have spent enough money on building govt health care system. It’s fail... in a country like India, it’s better to encourage private players in health sector and let them build hospitals in every corner of the country... Private health care with public assurance health based plans is the only solution for health care in india easy to say, the same money can be spent on building govt health care centers, that’s what we have been doing since the last 70 years and we know where we stand. 1 Quote
Kumaravarma Posted February 2, 2018 Report Posted February 2, 2018 1 minute ago, Android_Halwa said: For the last 70 years, we have spent enough money on building govt health care system. It’s fail... in a country like India, it’s better to encourage private players in health sector and let them build hospitals in every corner of the country... Private health care with public assurance health based plans is the only solution for health care in india easy to say, the same money can be spent on building govt health care centers, that’s what we have been doing since the last 70 years and we know where we stand. Arey @Android_Halwa women crying nundi Political crying ki vellav endi ra . Plz ra vaddu ra politics matladaku G lo tannutaruu . Enduku ra neeku offshore team lead chusukuntu beer tagi sampudulekka tindi tinni panduko Quote
Android_Halwa Posted February 2, 2018 Report Posted February 2, 2018 2 minutes ago, Kumaravarma said: Arey @Android_Halwa women crying nundi Political crying ki vellav endi ra . Plz ra vaddu ra politics matladaku G lo tannutaruu . Enduku ra neeku offshore team lead chusukuntu beer tagi sampudulekka tindi tinni panduko Mee Aunty sangati emaindi ra badcow...inkemi rojulu anta underground.. Quote
boeing747 Posted February 2, 2018 Report Posted February 2, 2018 1 minute ago, Android_Halwa said: Mee Aunty sangati emaindi ra badcow...inkemi rojulu anta underground.. igo halwa baa, neeku aa aunty ayina godava endo sepparade Quote
Kumaravarma Posted February 2, 2018 Report Posted February 2, 2018 1 minute ago, Android_Halwa said: Mee Aunty sangati emaindi ra badcow...inkemi rojulu anta underground.. Potti badacow maa aunty lechipoindi @himacream thoni . Nuvvu pelli chesukuntava maa widow aunty ni Quote
Kumaravarma Posted February 2, 2018 Report Posted February 2, 2018 Just now, boeing747 said: igo halwa baa, neeku aa aunty ayina godava endo sepparade Aunty widow and halwa anna job ichi bumchick chedam anukunnadu kani work kaledu. Anduke Anna ki aunty meeda crying Quote
AryaD Posted February 2, 2018 Report Posted February 2, 2018 25 minutes ago, Android_Halwa said: For the last 70 years, we have spent enough money on building govt health care system. It’s fail... in a country like India, it’s better to encourage private players in health sector and let them build hospitals in every corner of the country... Private health care with public assurance health based plans is the only solution for health care in india easy to say, the same money can be spent on building govt health care centers, that’s what we have been doing since the last 70 years and we know where we stand. Kaneesam gas cylinders kuda vundavu kada government hospitals but they allocate lot of funds and those funds goes to corrupt officials . Poor people baathukulu daarunam baa . Quote
jbourne Posted February 2, 2018 Report Posted February 2, 2018 1 hour ago, Android_Halwa said: For the last 70 years, we have spent enough money on building govt health care system. It’s fail... in a country like India, it’s better to encourage private players in health sector and let them build hospitals in every corner of the country... Private health care with public assurance health based plans is the only solution for health care in india easy to say, the same money can be spent on building govt health care centers, that’s what we have been doing since the last 70 years and we know where we stand. sollu le vayya, PHCs government involvement lekunda ne small pox, polio ni etla eradicate chesinru. private hospitals vs govt hospitals lo evaru entha service chestunnaroo cheppu. govt hospitals reach vunnatha private players leru vankul Quote
Gains Posted February 2, 2018 Report Posted February 2, 2018 1 hour ago, boeing747 said: igo halwa baa, neeku aa aunty ayina godava endo sepparade +123 Quote
Akkumm_Bakkumm Posted February 2, 2018 Report Posted February 2, 2018 3 hours ago, AryaD said: Kaneesam gas cylinders kuda vundavu kada government hospitals but they allocate lot of funds and those funds goes to corrupt officials . Poor people baathukulu daarunam baa . Rich vadiki matram emina bagunda..?? Money unayi kada ani private hospitals ki velthe lakhs lo bills 10gi dead body istaru LK gallu. Patient ni bratikunchadam kanna vadi G lo gunapam dimpadame valla business. Quote
Android_Halwa Posted February 2, 2018 Report Posted February 2, 2018 4 hours ago, jbourne said: sollu le vayya, PHCs government involvement lekunda ne small pox, polio ni etla eradicate chesinru. private hospitals vs govt hospitals lo evaru entha service chestunnaroo cheppu. govt hospitals reach vunnatha private players leru vankul You are talking about vaccine distribution and I'm talking about health care. India has eradicated smallpox and polio...and for this eradication, it almost took 30 years and to administer the vaccine, you do not need infrastructure. All that you need is a box filled with vaccines and a person to administer who is usually primary health care provider who is grade-4 category employee. Whereas to treat a person and provide health care, you need to have the infrastructure, staff, training facilities, etc. With this scheme, Govt is assuring private healthcare players to provide facilities and the payments are assured. With this reach, more and more private facilities will come up spurning heavy economic activity and no poor person will be denied health care on economic grounds anymore, in fact, all poor people will be welcomed to these private hospitals. Remember, there is a 5 lakh ceiling limit. This ceiling limits will curtail the cost of major surgeries to below 5 lakhs considering poor people won't be able to pay from their pocket and govt not willing to pay more than 5 lakhs, most surgeries which are even costing more than 5 lakhs, the price will be curtailed to be under 5 lakhs. Its a win-win situation for govt, people and encourage a new business model: Private healthcare facilities with returns assured. Quote
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