Current health policies can’t cover covid-19 treatment costThe current design of health policies isn’t able to adequately cover covid-19 treatment.
Patients are reporting significant out-of-pocket payment of around ₹50,000-2,50,000 in spite of having enough health insurance cover.The deductions are largely in three areas.
First, hospitals are levying charges for the infrastructure required for covid-19 like resident medical officer, nursing, care and hygiene.