Expanding public health facilities would be an ideal outcome of a pioneering law, but challenges remain.
Prof Jain looked at more than 1.6 million claims and 20,000 patients in an existing state-run public health insurance programme in Rajasthan that reimburses hospitals at a specified, fixed rate per service covering tests, medicines and hospital costs.
On the other hand, the protesting private doctors in Rajasthan also had a few points.
The plight of Surendra Meghwal, a 44-year-old resident of Rajasthan, also tells the story of the yawning gap between promises and reality. He's still paying off medical debt that he incurred in treating his sister-in-law who died of Covid two years ago at a private hospital in Karauli district. The family had taken the patient to the private facility because there were no beds available in the public hospital.
"The good thing about the bill is it says we still want to keep investing in public healthcare, but the unspoken part of it is that people have the option of going to the private sector," he said.
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