Modi Aide Says Indian Health Care Plan an ‘Absolute Game Changer’
- Government plans to move toward universal health care: Kumar
- Budget announced insurance cover for 100 million poor families
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India’s push toward universal health care has Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s political opponents worried, a top government adviser said.
Modi’s government announced a plan last week to provide health insurance to 100 million poor families, which would cover about 40 percent of the population. India plans to cover the entire population “sooner than later,” according to Rajiv Kumar, vice chairman of the National Institution for Transforming India, a government policy research group known as NITI Aayog.