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pinkcheems OP t1_jdqtdf0 wrote

The bill says that in emergency cases doctors can't refuse medical treatments if patient is unable to pay. State govt. Will later cover that. but doctors think that govt will pay only official rates. So pvt hospitals might lose their profits. Btw state govt. Of Rajasthan provides free health insurance to all families in Rajasthan worth 25lakh rupees (30k$) per family.

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supernova_68 t1_jdtbava wrote

Problem is govt. Itself decides the package rate for all ailments ( which is quite low) and won't pay a dime extra (they even cut TDS form the decided package rate). So if an emergency patient requires a costly medication or much longer duration of stay, its upto hospital to decide whether to take the lose and provide the service or face the inevitable fine.

Also package rate is same for all hospitals, even if one is running in a village or a capital city. Running cost of both is vastly different. For eg : a super speciality doctor might agree to visit in jaipur hospital for fraction of price than to a village 100km away from jaipur.

>Btw state govt. Of Rajasthan provides free health insurance to all families in Rajasthan worth 25lakh rupees (30k$) per family.

No it doesn't, it uses ayushman bharat as base for covering low income group, then citizen have to pay Rs 850/ family / year to include in the scheme. Also package rates are way lower in chiranjeevi yojna than national Ayushman Bharat yojna.

Also govt doesn't provide payment for almost 4-6 months for every approved case, and the appointed insurance company regularly reject cases on basis of clerical mistake, or demand investigation which are not even in minimum document list. These cases get overturned if you pay to fight it at highest level , even after that govt. Can take more than 1 year for the payment. Many hospitals have not received payment for case overturned in 2018.

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Train-Robbery t1_jdto9il wrote

1 year? I'm a lawyer. If a civil case gets decided in less than 5 Years i will go to Vaishno Devi Bare Foot

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supernova_68 t1_jdtpg3v wrote

Ohh... i was not talking about court case but scheme related case redressal system , which do work, IAS officer incharge at top has the final say in all cases, if hospitals still feel that court case is required they can file a case in high court.

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Ftpini t1_jdswgtt wrote

Sounds like a step in the right direction then.

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