NEW DELHI, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) — Some 1.08 percent of the one billion Indians have secured medical insurance cover since 1986 when health insurance was first introduced in the country, according to a research report issued by India’s National Insurance Academy.
Shortage of hospitals and insurance providers, poverty, lack of co-ordination between hospitals and insurance firms and people’s belief in destiny have been cited as some of the reasons for the poor response, said the report carried in the Times of India newspaper Sunday.
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