COMMUNITY HEALTH INSURANCE IN INDIA – A STRATEGY TO COVER THE INFORMAL SECTOR Dr. N. Devadasan Research Fellow Institute of Tropical Medicine‚ Antwerp AMCHSS‚ SCTIMST – Trivandrum. Correspondence: C/o The Valley School Thatguni Post (Kanakapura Road) Bangalore – 560062 Tel +91 94484 91355 deva@devadasan.com Overview of health insurance in India Health care in India is financed traditionally from two sources. The government is both the funder and the provider of health care and has a wide
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Do We Need National Health Insurance? For some time now‚ Americans have been wanting to switch to a universal health care system. A healthcare system where all Americans will have access to the proper health care that is affordable and fits their needs. Some solutions that can be implemented are replacing for-profit insurance companies‚ reforming the health care system‚ and hiring insurance companies that have slow cost growths. These are excellent solutions because there are a substantial number
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State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) has achieved its fundamental purposes. This is because the SCHIP program had been successful in the provision of the healthcare needs of American children. The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)‚ which is otherwise known as the Title XXI of the Social Security Act‚ was made into law in 1997 by former US President Bill Clinton. The SCHIP law appropriates US$24 billion over 5 years to help the states to expand health insurance to children who
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Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 Caitlin Morissette Introduction to Health Care April 8th‚ 2014 Dennis Matricardi Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 protects the right to privacy to all individuals medical records and health data. Title I of HIPAA (1996) protects health insurance coverage for workers and families when they change or lose their jobs
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no surprise that health insurance companies are getting in on the game. Health insurance companies usually (though not always) lose money when people get extremely ill and rack up high medical bills‚ so it is certainly understandable that they are now addressing the effects smoking has on their bottom line. Many now offer smoking cessation treatment coverage‚
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American Health Care/Insurance Essay In the United States‚ the issue of health care is a touchy one. There are two sides to this issue as there is to every other. In this issue‚ there is the people’s side and the government’s side. The one thing that they have in common is an opinion. In the opinion of the people‚ the health care system of the United States is extremely flawed and needs to be fixed desperately. Fifty million Americans are without health insurance. Only a quarter of a million
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this term paper‚ the readers will be able to: 1. define the term Assurance Plan‚ 2. explain the contributory factors of Health Insurance‚ 3. share range of information about Health Insurance‚ 4. recommend Health Insurance‚ 5. distribute handouts about the contributory factors of Health Insurance‚ and 6. manage a seminar about the contributory factors of Health Insurance. INTRODUCTION Hospital expenses in the Philippines are a lot cheaper compared
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3M‚ Inc. Professor Scalzo 3M‚ Inc. was founded in 1902 at the Lake Superior town of Two Harbors‚ Minn. Five businessmen set out to mine a mineral deposit for grinding-wheel abrasives. But the deposits proved to be of little value‚ and the new Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. quickly moved to nearby Duluth to focus on sandpaper products. The five industrious and tenacious northern Minnesota businessmen with diverse occupations founded 3M. They financed
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State Children Health Insurance Programs In the United States of America the majority of our children are without health insurance‚ and those that do have health coverage from sources other than State or government health plans still do not receive proper health care. This is generally because co-payments and/or deductibles are more than parents can afford to pay to have their child seen for non-life threatening things such as well check-ups and vaccines. While almost every state offers guaranteed
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People who do not have any health insurance are setting themselves up for financial ruin. Uninsured people do not have access to preventative and primary care or may have difficulty receiving follow-up care. An onset of a sudden illness such as cancer or diabetes or even an accident can accumulate medical bills. Therefore‚ paying a higher out-of-pocket expense in medical bills without the use of health insurance can lead to debt or bankruptcy. Acquiring health insurance is necessary so that people
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