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<em>NEW DELHI: </em>In a dramatic reversal of the trend that existed just three years ago, big corporate hospitals today charge health insurance card holders much less than those paying in cash for the same procedures. Those paying out of their pockets are now billed anywhere between 25% and 60% more than those with cashless health insurance schemes.
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In 2010, TOI ran a campaign on how corporate hospitals were overcharging health insurance card holders. After the campaign, the claim ratio of four PSU insurers - National Insurance Company, New India Assurance, Oriental Insurance and United India Insurance Company - had come down to 98%. Before the campaign, this figure was as high as 130%.
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Don’t have health cover? Pay up to 60% more -Pradeep Thakur

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