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Top Body of National Health Mission Has Quietly Become an All-Bureaucrat Affair

Oommen C. Kurian 19/03/2018

The latest meeting of the Mission Steering Group was...

A woman, who underwent a sterilisation surgery at a government mass sterilisation camp, feeds her child in a hospital in Chhattisgarh

In Chhattisgarh, Public Funds for Health Insurance Are Being Diverted to the Private Sector

Sulakshana Nandi, Deepika Joshi and Sangeeta Sahu 28/02/2018

There is no available reason to believe that a...

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Coverage for Genetic Diseases Welcomed, but Patient-Groups Await a New Insurance Framework

Anoo Bhuyan 27/02/2018

Delhi high court's recent order states that despite genetic...

Nandan Nilekani. Credit: PTI

Nandan Nilekani to Assist Government on IT Infrastructure for New Health Insurance Scheme

"We have consulted Nilekani, we want to build an...

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Instead of Focusing on Insurance, India Should Learn From UK’s Public Healthcare Model

Meenakshi Datta Ghosh 14/02/2018

Under the UK's National Health Service, healthcare is provided...

Mamata Banerjee. Credit: PTI

West Bengal Opts out of ‘Modicare’, Why ‘Waste’ Funds, Asks Mamata

The Wire Staff 14/02/2018

“The Centre has drawn up a health plan in...

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Budget Breaks on Healthcare: More Cover Without Coverage

Tejal Barai-Jaitly and Tanika Godbole 08/02/2018

The new health insurance proposal opens the government’s purse...