Frontline workers and the Covid-19 pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic proved to be a global disaster that took countless lives, many of whom were frontline functionaries deployed to contain this crisis. As a result, the Indian state, unlike before,
Health Insurance
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Obamacare: Next steps in US healthcare reforms
Obamacare is here. As he affixed his signature to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on 23 March 2010, President Obama signed into law what many observers view as one of the most important
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Asia Pacific agrees health-financing plan
Nations in WHO
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The Card Reads You
After three years of soul-snuffing treatment at the local ESI hospital for acute breathlessness and body pain, Jagdish, a factory worker from the Rai block in Sonepat district, Haryana, finally had enough. Egged on by a neighbour, the 52-year-old mustered up the courage to visit a private cardiac care hospital in Sonepat.
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Progress in Bangladesh
Micro health insurance schemes in Bangladesh face a number of challenges. They include financial and institutional sustainability. Apart from challenges the authors assess the importance, evolution and models of micro health insurance in the country.
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Back from the dead
THOUGH you would be forgiven for thinking otherwise, around half of all Americans get their health care courtesy of the government. There is Medicare, which provides for the elderly; Medicaid, which looks after the poorest; and a big federal programme that covers children in most of the country
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Keeping the Health in health insurance
The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna and National Rural Health Mission have the potential to transform the health and financial security of poor households. The experience of VimoSEWA indicates that health insurance must be firmly linked to an effective public health system.
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Orissa to bring all BPL families under NHIS
bhubaneswar: The Orissa government on Wednesday decided to introduce from this month the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) for the BPL families living in the 30 districts of the state. Under the scheme, which will be continued till 2012-13, the families will be able to avail themselves of health services worth Rs 30,000 per annum free of cost.
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Why dollars alone won't fix US healthcare
You might assume that the vast sums the US spends on healthcare must produce better patient outcomes than the rest of the world
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Finances for your health
The case for universal health insurance for the entire Indian population is stronger than ever before, and the question now is how to make it workable and feasible