HEALTH INSURANCE
Some facts you can't deny
- In India 80% of payment of medical expenses is out-of-pocket of customers compared to 3% in UK
- Less than 15 percent of people in India have some form of health insurance coverage
- More than 40 percent of the people hospitalized had to borrow money / sell assets to cover expenses
- A quarter of those hospitalized fall below the poverty line post- hospitalization because of high costs