Thursday, August 03, 2006
Bangalore: The Union Government is in view of extending subsidy to health insurance schemes to get better the healthcare delivery system, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia said here on Tuesday.
Inaugurating the Asha Dinesh Institute for Advanced Surgeries at the Narayana Hrudayalaya, Mr. Ahluwalia hinted that the Government was looking at bringing in a national health insurance system that will be subsidized by the state.
He said the Union Government will augment the public expenditure on health from 0.9 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to at least two to three per cent. "The total expenditure on health by the State and Union Governments is a meager 0.9 per cent of the GDP. It has been determined that this figure would be doubled or trebled in the 11th Five Year Plan, which will come into effect next year," Mr. Ahluwalia said.
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