elets Healthcare Summit 2017, Karnataka – Inauguration – TL Alamelu, Director & GM
In India, only 17% of the population is covered by health insurance. A study shows that the single biggest factor for pushing middle class families to the below poverty line (BPL) is mainly expenditure on health. People struggle to come up while health issues push them down. As much as 80% of expenditure on health is out of pocket or not covered under the health insurance. Of which, 28% is the borrowed money. That is how people survive health issues in India.
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