Special Correspondent The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has charged that the State Government is trying to impose a new health insurance scheme on its employees from June this year.

The scheme, to be implemented in coordination with Star Health and Allied Insurance Company, will also cover the employees of public sector undertakings, statutory corporations, local bodies and universities.

In a statement here on Mon…

In a country where the demand for health insurance is growing by 25% every year, and where health insurance penetration is less than 0.02% of the GDP, there is no specific expertise for health insurance in the insurance industry, according to a report commissioned by USAID.

The report, which was released on Monday, to study the impact of private life insurance on health coverage in Focus on claims control hurts health insurance

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