By Nivesh Khandelwal
In India, 70% of the total healthcare expenditure is out of pocket expenditure and 5 crore people are pushed below the poverty line due to the burden of healthcare expenditure. This is something that the policymakers must ponder over.
In India, 70% of the total healthcare expenditure is out of pocket expenditure and 5 crore people are pushed below the poverty line due to the burden of healthcare expenditure. This is something that the policymakers must ponder over and seek collaboration from players working in the domain. One of the solutions that we are providing is to convert your out-of-pocket expenditure into easy EMIs with zero % rate of interest for 12 months.
With the Union Budget 2020-21 coming up, the medical health financing industry has a few recommendations to make:
(Author is CEO and Founder of CareCover)
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