A policyholder with Rs 25 lakh health cover faced a Rs 12 lakh hospital bill but received only Rs 5 lakh from the insurer. The insurer invoked the 'reasonable and customary charges'…
India is considering wide-ranging reforms to its health insurance sector, including benchmarked treatment rates and a nationwide claims exchange, to address medical inflation of roughly 12-14% a year. A panel headed by…
A parliamentary panel on health has recommended low-cost, standardised health insurance products for the middle class, who are often left out of government schemes. The 176th report, tabled in Parliament on August…
The Telangana High Court Advocates' Association met Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Tuesday, thanking the state for the Advocates Protection Act. The delegation, led by president S Surender Reddy, urged the…
Nine in 10 respondents to Tata AIG's The Corporate Health Protection Pulse 2026 survey said unexpected medical expenses cause them financial stress. Healthcare costs have overtaken job security and EMIs as the…
Health insurance portability lets you switch insurers without losing waiting period credits or no-claim bonuses. But Livemint reports that agents are misusing this IRDAI-introduced rule to earn commissions, pushing switches that may…
The Chandigarh district consumer disputes redressal commission has directed Star Health and Allied Insurance to pay Rs 6 lakh plus 9% annual interest to the family of a deceased policyholder whose liver…
The government has de-empanelled 2,359 hospitals and suspended 1,200 others under Ayushman Bharat for guideline violations, Union Health Minister J P Nadda told the Lok Sabha on August 7. Penalties of Rs…
A study of 700 rural households in Kozhikode found that private facilities were preferred for outpatient and inpatient care, despite higher out-of-pocket costs. Among 2,371 people surveyed, 174 per 1,000 needed outpatient…
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