According to the guidelines, a policyholder will have to approach an insurer 45 days before his policy with the old insurer expires, to enable the new company consider his application. In a circular, the IRDA said that the acquiring insurer will verify the claims history from the common database, which will have two years of claims experience.
Protecting citizens against the financial consequences of illness has long been a key objective of health systems worldwide. In the United Kingdom for example, financial protection—which refers to how far people are protected from the financial consequences of illness—was the fundamental goal when the National Health Service was established in 1948, more than health improvement or equitable access to health care.
Among the things that the AIADMK government headed by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa can be proud of in the 100 days since it took power, are significant announcements in the health care sector: incre
Launched in 2008, the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana provides financial protection from health shocks for poor households. This paper discusses findings from an experimental information and education campaign and household survey carried out in the first year of the programme in Delhi. First, the iec had no impact on enrolment, but households who were part of the household survey sample and therefore received information closer to the enrolment period were 60% more likely to enrol. Second, there is little evidence that the insurance company selectively enrolled healthier households.
Informing this here on Monday, Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma said, ”under the proposed universal health insurance, the coverage would be Rs one lakh per year and Rs two lakh per year in case of critical situation,”
The government in a pioneering move has set to introduce health insurance programme as an alternative healthcare financing for the country's 5 crore poor people from early next year.
BHAWANIPATNA: The benefits under the Rashtriya Suraksha Bima Yojana (RSBY) have failed to trickle down to the beneficiaries the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families.
Though launched as a pilot project in Kalahandi in November 2009, poor management and lack of awareness among the BPL beneficiaries have marred the cashless treatment provision.
Out of the surveyed 2,24,859 BPL families, 1,03,083 f
The World Bank has asked policymakers in India to stop neglecting urban poverty and expand the scope of some rural flagship schemes to urban areas.
It has called for a shift in focus in policy to address poverty as demographic changes and intense migration have dampened poverty reduction rates in urban areas.
