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Centre expects anti-Cancer drug prices to fall 20-70% under proposed trade margin cap
In an affidavit filed before the Supreme Court in a pending plea...
Cost and stigma affect access to professional mental health care, AXA report
As a barrier, stigma varies too and is often rooted in social and...
Wall Street PEs’ $10 bn hospital bet sparks fight over healthcare costs, Insurers Fret
S Prakash, CEO of the General Insurance Council’s Health Insurance Ecosystem and Strategic Partnerships. “For all the benefits of private equity fund infusion, the tax we have to pay is higher cost,” says S Prakash, CEO of the General Insurance Council’s Health...
Employers may soon be able to claim ITC on GST paid for employee insurance cover
"This will make insurance cheaper for every employer to provide", sources said. Currently, an 18 per cent GST is levied on all such group insurance policies. New Delhi: The GST Council is expected to consider a proposal in its meeting on October 7 to allow employers...
AI models begin shifting healthcare from disease detection to disease prediction
In 2024, researchers used AI to study proteins from 45,441 people in the UK Biobank. They found that 204 proteins, taken together, could estimate a person's age. More importantly, people whose proteins appeared older than their actual age had a higher risk of 18...
SC slams 10-fold cancer drug markup by hospitals, backs 16% margin cap
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta asked the Centre to look into the issue of hospitals mandating the purchase of medicines from their chemists and said it is the common man who suffers from this system. "This is carnage. Plain and simple. The cancer...
After GST exemption, retail policy base rises 11pc for Star Health
The average sum insured on fresh retail health indemnity policies rose by about Rs 1.4 lakh to Rs 13.7 lakh during October 2025-August 2026, compared to the year-ago period, the insurer said. Kolkata: The exemption of individual health insurance premiums from GST...
5 Yrs of PM-Jay:60 cr beneficiaries,13 cr hospital admissions, Rs 2 lakh cr spent on treatments, says Nadda
J P Nadda,Union Health Minister Dr M Srinivas, Member (Health), NITI Aayog, said the next phase of PM-JAY should focus on strengthening continuity of care, quality and patient-centric healthcare, including seamless referral mechanisms for patients requiring...
Keralam govt forms panel to roll out Oommen Chandy Health Insurance Scheme with Rs 25 lakh cover
V.D. Satheesan,Chief Minister, Keralam Three insurance-sector veterans have been appointed as expert members: Girish Radhakrishnan, former CMD of United India Insurance Company, P. J. Joseph, former CMD and former Member (Non-Life) of IRDAI; and K. Sanath Kumar,...
Europe faces more than $500bn climate adaptation cost
The summer of 2026 laid bare how exposed the fastest-warming continent is to the fallout of rising temperatures, as wildfires, droughts and heat waves impacted commodities supplies, damaged crops and left a dent in productivity. In response, Europe is now broadening...
LICHFL becomes a corporate agent of Niva Bupa Health Insurance
Niva Bupa Health Insurance has signed a corporate agency agreement with LICHFL Financial Services to expand access to comprehensive health insurance solutions.Prakash Kumar Sinha, CEO, LICHFL Financial Services, said, “This partnership brings together our network and...
Record savings on medical expenses under Ayushman Bharat: PM Modi
“Today, more than 60 crore beneficiaries have access to Rs 5 lakh annual health cover making it the largest healthcare scheme in the world,” he said in his post.It has enabled record savings on medical expenses, thus benefitting the poor and middle class.Ayushman...