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1 day ago · Budget 2024: Universal Health Coverage Should Be Prioritized, Say Experts. According to a recent report by Lancet, a medical journal, India’s healthcare spending is the lowest among the G20 nations. In the Union Budget 2024, the insurance industry expects the government to focus on a single health insurance scheme and ensure universal delivery.
Aug 13, 2022 · The milestone of India's 75th anniversary of independence on Aug 15, 2022, offers an opportunity to reassert the country's commitment to realising universal health coverage (UHC). The first such effort predates independence, with the 1946 Bhore Committee report.
India has run multiple Government-Funded Health Insurance schemes (GFHIS) over the past decades to ensure affordable healthcare. We assessed GFHIS evolution with a special focus on two national schemes - Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) and Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY).
Oct 6, 2023 · In pursuit of universal health coverage, India has launched the world’s largest government-sponsored health insurance scheme, Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) in 2018. This study aims to provide a holistic review of the scheme’s impact since its inception.
Sep 25, 2018 · Given the scale of unmet need and the constraints of India's low government budgets, it will be essential that India's UHC strategy is efficient and equitable. India must invest heavily in primary health care (PHC) services, where health returns are greatest.
- Gro Harlem Brundtland
- 2018
Addressing these rapid shifts requires a fit-for-purpose health system to move towards Universal Health Coverage (UHC). The Government of India launched the Ayushman Bharat Programme in 2018, a potentially important step in this direction with two major components.
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Tarun Khanna, Sandhya Venkateswaran, and Nachiket Mor propose reforms in the Indian government's structure and finances to promote better health outcomes.
