{"id":5586,"date":"2020-01-13T13:15:28","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T07:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=5586"},"modified":"2020-01-13T13:15:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T07:45:28","slug":"accessibility-of-universal-health-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/accessibility-of-universal-health-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Accessibility of Universal health coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Relevance: Mains: G.S paper II: Governance: Health<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ayus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5588\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ayus.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Context:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Most middle-class taxpayers in private jobs are stuck between the devil and the deep sea when it comes to accessing quality, and yet affordable, healthcare.<br \/>\n\u2022 Their faith in government hospitals is eroding, and dependence on expensive private hospitals is increasing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AYu.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5587\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AYu-709x1024.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"709\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Coverage of Ayushman Bharat scheme:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The government claims to cover 50 crore poor people under the cashless health insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat, officials say a much lesser population is being tracked in urban areas because of lack of proper addresses in the Socio-Economic Caste Census.<br \/>\n\u2022 The rest of the population, except government employees, are bereft of any government sponsored health cover or subsidy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ayuush.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5590\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ayuush-783x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"783\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Challenges for achieving Universal Health Coverage:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In 1948, the World Health Organisation had enshrined \u2018Universal Health Coverage\u2019 \u2014 which means quality health services provided at affordable costs \u2014 as a fundamental right of each citizen.<br \/>\n\u2022 Seventy-two years have passed without that becoming a reality in India, even as the country acceded to this in 1979 and hence making it obligatory to progress towards the goal.<br \/>\n\u2022 To expand the health net, the government will also have to increase its healthcare budget, which is currently around 1.5 per cent of GDP.<br \/>\n\u2022 As per the government\u2019s own reckoning, the budget has to be scaled up by 26 per cent year-on-year to achieve a target of 2.5 per cent of GDP by 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ayushman.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5589\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Ayushman.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"511\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Way ahead:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>As the government aims at ushering in universal health coverage, it has not charted a way forward yet.<br \/>\n\u2022 The biggest hurdle to universalising access to health is improving and regulating the quality of care.<br \/>\n\u2022 In the event of non-upgradation, taxpayers may have to pay up but not get care in their choice of hospital.<br \/>\n\u2022 This apart, doctors themselves are the biggest roadblock, as they oppose implementation of The Clinical Establishments Act, which aims at regulating the quality of care.<br \/>\n\u2022 While funds for schemes can gradually be figured out, improving and regulating the quality of care is a bigger issue.<br \/>\n\u2022 Without addressing this, talking about access to healthcare is futile.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relevance: Mains: G.S paper II: Governance: Health Context: Most middle-class taxpayers in private jobs are stuck between the devil 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