'Modicare' Budget Seeks Blessings of Voters at Bottom of Pyramid
‘Modicare’ aims to provide 1 billion poor families with ~USD 10000 as an annual health cover. In its earlier avatar, the scheme provided for a cover of ~USD 2000 per family per year.
Rural public health in India is in shambles. Cost of private healthcare is exorbitantly high rendering it inaccessible to a vast majority.
In offering affordable health to the poor -- both urban and rural -- the government has tried to reach out to 50 crore people across the country.
Nice funnel with 1 billion holes.