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A paramedic distributes free medicine provided by the government to patients inside a ward at RGGGH in Chennai

NFHS-5 Data Reveals India’s Steady But Slow Universal Health Cover Progress

Arun Kumar Tiwari 24/12/2020

Since NFHS-4 in 2015, coverage has increased in all...

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Under Ayushman Bharat, Poor Patients Are Not Going Cashless but With Less Cash

Vanita Singh 10/07/2020

Many of the scheme's beneficiaries are disgruntled with the...

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Ayushman Bharat Trivialises India’s Quest for Universal Health Care

Jean Drèze 24/09/2018

Little can be done without a massive increase 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...

A patient awaits routine check-up as he sits under a mosquito net inside a dengue ward of a government hospital in New Delhi, India, September 18, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Anindito Mukherjee/File Photo

Budget 2018: Jaitley’s ‘World’s Largest Health Programme’ Rejigs Flailing Old Ones

Anoo Bhuyan 01/02/2018

The government announced a new health protection scheme to...

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Is the National Health Insurance Scheme in Chhattisgarh Doing More Damage Than Good?

Sulakshana Nandi 03/11/2017

Studies from Chhattisgarh and other states show that most...

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Why India’s Poor Are Still Paying for Healthcare Despite the National Health Insurance Scheme

Prachi Salve & Swagata Yadavar 18/10/2017

While the cost of hospitalisation has gone up more...