[The hoax that is "Ayushman Bharat". It, however, will bring in moolah for the insurnces companies and private hospitals - via expanded busines, and, maybe, some unscrupulous individuals.
Apart from the fact that the scheme, meant for a specific segment of the population, doesn't cover primary and secondary healthcare, by leaving out all health services except in case of hospitalisation, and thereby overwheming majority of the cases needing professional healthcare, an insurance scheme is hardly any substitute for actual heathcare infrastructure. Private capital, in the hunt for profit, would only crowd and overcrowd areas having high concentration of paying public. Public healthcare infrastructure, optimally distributed over the land, is a must for the majority of Indian people. There's no magic alternative. 《The Chhattisgarh government is working on a plan towards “universal healthcare” that will include free medicare and free diagnostics, and focus on upgradation of public health infrastructure, state Health Minister T S Singhdeo has said. ... ... ***“About 75-80 per cent of the population needs primary healthcare first. PHCs and CHCs need to be sorted out, including human resources. The other 15 per cent require secondary healthcare, for which a small percentage may require operations, for which the insurance may apply. Ayushman Bharat essentially caters to 5 per cent of tertiary healthcare where people need to be admitted to hospital to avail the benefits of insurance cover. The premium is Rs 1,100, for which the state pays Rs 440, and in Chhattisgarh it applies to 42 lakh people. That is massive expenditure on private insurance companies, where the model doesn't apply to majority of people."*** (Emphasis added.)] https://indianexpress.com/article/india/chhattisgarh-to-move-towards-universal-healthcare-plan-t-s-singhdeo-5543794/?fbclid=IwAR1LvRmByp0eNYp_I1iBm3KhqxnYGdAHWO76OhZOpR6LFAbd_6PyS-r6d-U Chhattisgarh to move towards Universal healthcare plan: T S Singhdeo The BJP, meanwhile, has been critical of suggestions that Chhattisgarh will pull out of the the scheme, with former CM Raman Singh saying that the Congress should not be hasty in making decisions, and calling Ayushman Bharat one of the “best schemes in the world.” Written by Dipankar Ghose | Raipur | Updated: January 18, 2019 12:10:45 am Chhattisgarh to move towards Universal healthcare plan: T S Singhdeo “We are committed to the idea of pulling out of Ayushman Bharat, not because of politics but because it does not make sense for the state,” T S Singhdeo said. (Express photo) The Chhattisgarh government is working on a plan towards “universal healthcare” that will include free medicare and free diagnostics, and focus on upgradation of public health infrastructure, state Health Minister T S Singhdeo has said. While the modalities are being worked out, this will eventually lead to a pullout by the state government from the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat scheme, “ he added. Speaking to The Indian Express about plans and assessments carried out so far, Singhdeo said, “Healthcare is an issue that concerns people’s lives and it does not do well to be flippant about it. We are committed to the idea of pulling out of Ayushman Bharat, not because of politics but because it does not make sense for the state. We will move towards a Universal Healthcare Programme for the state. But we do not want to, unlike the BJP, impose our idea of healthcare until we get our groundwork, and till then Ayushman Bharat may remain. There are discussions to be had on it.” Singhdeo said that several meetings with state officials had revealed the need for focus on primary healthcare. “About 75-80 per cent of the population needs primary healthcare first. PHCs and CHCs need to be sorted out, including human resources. The other 15 per cent require secondary healthcare, for which a small percentage may require operations, for which the insurance may apply. Ayushman Bharat essentially caters to 5 per cent of tertiary healthcare where people need to be admitted to hospital to avail the benefits of insurance cover. The premium is Rs 1,100, for which the state pays Rs 440, and in Chhattisgarh it applies to 42 lakh people. That is massive expenditure on private insurance companies, where the model doesn’t apply to majority of people.” He added, “Assessments show that the scheme doesn’t work for primary care… It is absurd that you don’t fix the basics, but give money for insurance companies.” The BJP, meanwhile, has been critical of suggestions that Chhattisgarh will pull out of the scheme, with former CM Raman Singh saying that the Congress should not be hasty in making decisions, and calling Ayushman Bharat one of the “best schemes in the world.” Under the Congress government’s healthcare scheme, Singhdeo said, they were looking at “free medicare” and “free diagnostics” as well. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com. 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