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“PPP model is important for improving the current healthcare scenario in India” : Gaurav Malhotra, CEO – Medfort Hospital

Medfort Hospitals is providing superior healthcare services by offering compassionate patient care and clinical excellence in

UAE eye hospital signs medical services agreement with Now Health

Moorfields Eye Hospital Dubai has signed a medical services provider agreement with health insurance provider Now Health International.

Beedi workers to get health insurance

A meeting of the Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, decided to extend the insurance cover to the beedi workers spread across the country, with the government spending an estimated Rs 311.25 crore on it.

Service tax makes life insurance expensive

Once the Union Finance bill 2011 is passed , the service tax will make life insurance policy more expensive.

MAX money back insurance plan

Max New York Life Insurance has recently come up with new health plan for private insurers.

Himachal Pradesh launches BPL medicine scheme

A scheme for providing 38 types of medicines free of cost in OPDs of government hospitals of Himachal Pradesh was launched by Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal at Nahan recently.

“RSBY demonstrates the largest use of IT applications in rural areas” : Anil Swarup, Ministry of Labour and Employment,Government of India

The Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) has empowered the BPL population with the ability to avail quality healthcare services free of cost. Within a span of two and a half years, the scheme has provided healthcare cover to almost 70 million people living under the poverty line.

Visually challenged denied insurance cover

Amidst stories of the government trying to provide insurance cover to all and sundry, here’s one story about a visually challenged individual being denied the same.

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[This article was published in the March 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

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SKS launches health insurance for rural India

Hyderabad-based SKS Microfinance Pvt Ltd, the new generation microfinance company is all set to roll out its health insurance product, ”Swayam Shakti”, for the poor in semi-urban and rural areas, with the help of ICICI Lombard General Insurance.

Insurance sector to get healthier : K. C. Mishra, Director, National Insurance Academy, Pune

IRDA expects the health insurance business to be the second-largest premium earner for insurance companies after motor insurance within the next three years�

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[This article was published in the January 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

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