Insurance-driven health care threatens public health system, warns KSSP seminar
Health experts at a Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad seminar warned that the rise of insurance-driven healthcare is weakening the public health system. They advocated for stricter regulation of private hospitals and increased government spending to reduce out-of-pocket costs for patients.
Why it matters
The debate reflects a broader global tension between private insurance models and the sustainability of universal public healthcare systems.
Insurance-driven health care threatens public health system, warns KSSP seminar left Image for representation Getty Images https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/q6kfx6/article71620609.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/PO18_Rising_health_costs.jpg wildpixel Rising Health Care Costs and increasing healthcare bills or medical debt and hospital bill concept as a pharmaceutical stock concept or higher prescription drug prices. istockphoto for BL Experts call for higher government spending, tighter regulation of private players and measures to reduce out-of-pocket treatment costs Thrissur The growing influence of insurance companies and private hospital managements in the health care sector is contributing to exploitation of patients and weakening the public health system, eminent health economist V. Ramankutty has said. Inaugurating a State-level health seminar organised by the Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad (KSSP) in Thrissur, on Saturday he alleged that an unholy nexus between insurance companies and hospital managements was aggravating the problems faced by patients.
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