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Thursday, February 1, 2018

Budget 2018: Jaitley declares health insurance cover of Rs5 lakh for India’s poorest

picture: Pradeep Gaur/MintNew Delhi: 100 mn poor & vulnerable families going to get insurance cover of as much as Rs5 lakh each under a National Health prevention Scheme unveiled by finance minister Arun Jaitley in his budget speech on Thursday. At noon, shares of SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd, Fresh India Assurance Co. Ltd, ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co. Ltd, HDFC level Life Insurance Co. Ltd, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd & General Insurance Corp. of India were up five.nine%, five%, three.37%, two .46% one.03% & 0.94%, respectively, on the BSE. Jaitley reported another program—Ayushman Bharat initiative—to provide comprehensive healthcare by a focus on maternal & child health services. The initiative to cover ten crore families by Rs5 lakh per family/per year insurance cover going to be a game changer," said Prathap Reddy, chairman, Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. Besides reinforcing access healthcare, the health insurance cover going to lead to the creation of jobs in the sector as Fresh facilities come up in territories & villages, said Antony Jacob, CEO, Apollo Munich Health Insurance.


Deadline is Wednesday to sign up for health insurance out of Covered California | The Sacramento Bee

Wednesday night -- Jan. 31-- is the deadline to enroll in insurance policies offered out of the Covered California marketplace. lsterling@sacbee.com Lezlie Sterling

Deadline is Wednesday to sign up for health insurance through Covered California | The Sacramento Bee

Switchers less concerned by cost of health insurance

as mentioned in People looking to switch health insurance providers are for the premier time further likely to examine benefit gains than financial gains in what can be a symptom of the State's got better economic conditions, according to great study. The finding is contained in a report with the Health Insurance Authority (HIA), that is the statutory regulator of the sector. But, the study found directory that switching providers probably have "plateaued". Fewer than 1 in 4 (22 per cent) have ever switched, similar to 2015 while the proportion was 24 per cent. VHI remembers the largest suppliers of health insurance, & accounts for further than half of all policies.





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