Keralam plans Bill to regulate high treatment costs in private hospitals
The Keralam government plans to introduce a Bill to regulate rising treatment costs in private hospitals, particularly those managed by global private equity firms. The move aims to address concerns over inflated medical expenses and insurance claim denials.
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This highlights the growing tension between the corporatization of healthcare and the need for affordable public access to medical services.
Keralam plans Bill to regulate high treatment costs in private hospitals left Keralam Health Minister K. Muraleedharan special arrangement special arrangement https://th-i.thgim.com/public/news/national/kerala/qmpede/article71625770.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/K%20Muraleedharan.jpg Health Minister K. Muraleedharan tells Assembly that govt to introduce Bill in next session, says govt agrees in principle to the need to regulate private hospitals, many of which are under management of foreign companies THIRUVANANTHAPURAM The Keralam government will introduce a Bill in the next Assembly session to regulate high medical treatment costs in private hospitals, Health Minister K. Muraleedharan told the Assembly on Monday (October 26, 2026). He was responding to a question from Communist Party of India (Marxist) MLA K.N. Balagopal on the steps being taken by the government to regulate the trend of some major hospitals, in which global private equity firms now have big stakes, inflating treatment costs. Former Health Ministers accuse govt.
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