[india-drug] Health Insurance (1)

["Nusrat Shafiq" <nusrat_shafiq@hotmail.com>]

Health Insurance
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Dear All,

Health insurance for the economically weaker sections of the society is beginning to find its place in some concerned sections of the society. A health related calamity is often the cause for farmers and workers in unorganized sectors taking massive loans, mortgaging their bare minimal assets, migration and even suicide! If micro health insurance for these sections has to become a reality in the near future what should be the key areas of concern (drugs and their availability, costs of surgeries, investigation), what should be the modus operandi, who should be the target population, who should be the major 
contributor. These and many such questions could be debated through this channel of ours.

Please let us have views from all.

Nusrat
M.D, D.M (Clinical Pharmacology)
PGIMER, Chandigarh