Finance minister Arun Jaitley termed the scheme Modicare, on the lines of Obamacare, the universal health insurance plan introduced in the US during Barack Obama’s presidency. First of all, this is not just a health insurance scheme but this is a health assurance scheme for Indians. What are the diseases covered this time which have never been covered in any national or state health insurance scheme? There will be certainly several new diseases covered under the new scheme which were earlier not covered under any government health insurance scheme such as dental services, geriatric services and HIV/AIDS etc. Private hospitals have been complaining about delays in payments for treatment provided to patients under government run health insurance scheme – Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS).

Source: Mint February 05, 2018 19:18 UTC