Budget 2019 expectations: Health insurers demand focus on out-of-pocket spending from Modi government
Health insurance companies operating in India have demanded from the Narendra Modi government to focus on this common public concern when the Indian finance minister rises in the parliament on February 1 to present the 2019 interim budget.
With a health-insurance penetration rate of only about 20 per cent, India has one of the world’s highest rates of out-of-pocket spending in healthcare. Photo source: Reuters