-The Economic Times NEW DELHI: Investors may be losing sleep over the re-entry of long-term capital gains tax on equities, but analysts feel that the worrylines are actually running deeper than you realise. The mega ambitious healthcare scheme announced in the Union Budget on Thursday is one such point of concern -- which aims to benefit 10 crore poor families for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation. Sceptics are having a field day,...
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Why the Poor Will Not Be the True Beneficiaries of the 'World's Largest Health Programme' -Dipa Sinha
-TheWire.in While the government claims it “will bring healthcare system closer to the homes of people,” it hopes to do this through the private sector, not by strengthening the public health system. Health is being hailed as the biggest winner of Budget 2018, but a cursory look at the numbers shows that there is nothing to celebrate as far as the health budget is concerned. In fact, the Budget this year once...
More »I-Day launch goal for National Health Protection Scheme, aims to cover 10 crore poor families -Abantika Ghosh
-The Indian Express The ambitious scheme aims to cover over 10 crore “poor and vulnerable” families — an estimated 50 crore individual Beneficiaries — with coverage of up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year. The Niti Aayog is working towards a launch on Independence Day of the government’s latest flagship National Health Protection Scheme, which was announced in the Union Budget Thursday. Top officials in the Aayog said that...
More »Healthcare plan rollout by October 2; 40% funding by states -Durgesh Nandan Jha and Mahendra Singh
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The government's ambitious mega health care programme for 10 crore poor families will roll out by October 2 and is to be funded in a 60:40 proportion by the Centre and states, with the premium per family estimated at Rs 1,000-1,200. Ten crore families or 50 crore Beneficiaries, classified as 'deprived' in the socio-economic caste census of 2011, will be covered by the scheme. It will...
More »Finances will never be a problem for the National Health Protection Scheme: Health minister JP Nadda
-PTI NEW DELHI: Seeking to allay concerns about the funding of the National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS) announced in the Budget, Union health minister JP Nadda on Friday assured that finances will never be a problem for the scheme. The Union minister said the Centre was working out the minute details of the programme. Touted to be the world's largest government-funded healthcare programme, the scheme is aimed at benefiting 10 crore poor...
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