According to the National Health Accounts, 2017, 66 per cent of spending on healthcare is done by the states. Unsplash
The Union Finance Ministry on Friday pressed on the need for higher public spending on healthcare, its accessibility and affordability.
As health is a state subject in India, spending on healthcare by the states matters the most when examining government healthcare spendings, according to the Economic Survey 2020-21, which was presented in the Parliament on Friday by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. According to the National Health Accounts, 2017, 66 per cent of spending on healthcare is done by the states.
In terms of healthcare budget, India ranks 179 out of 189 countries in prioritisation accorded to health in its government budgets. This is similar to donor-dependent countries such as Haiti and Sudan.
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The survey suggests that the government needs to increase its expenses to bring down this burden of higher healthcare cost. Increased prioritization of healthcare in the central and state budgets is important as it crucially impacts how much protection citizens get against financial hardships due to out-of-pocket payments made for healthcare says the Economic Survey 2021.
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Indians bear one of the highest healthcare costs as a percentage of their income compared to citizens of other countries. The Economic Survey 2021 has highlighted the fact that as against the global average of 3% of the population which spends more than 25% of their income on healthcare 4% of India’s population has to bear such a high level of expenditure.
The Union Finance Ministry on Friday pressed on the need for higher public spending on healthcare, its accessibility and affordability. As health is a state subject in India, spending on healthcare by the states matters the most when examining government healthcare spendings, according to the Economic Survey 2020-21, which was presented in the Parliament on Friday by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
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According to the National Health Accounts, 2017, 66 per cent of spending on healthcare is done by the states.
In terms of healthcare budget, India ranks 179 out of 189 countries in prioritisation accorded to health in its government budgets. This is similar to donor-dependent countries such as Haiti and Sudan.
India needs investments in health
India needs investments in health
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Warning by the WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyeses for the need to make greater investment in Public Health system so that ‘world is better prepared to meet the future pandemics’ must be taken seriously. He has further stressed that ‘public health system with all – of – government and all – of – society one health approach is essential to make the world safer for our children to inherit’. For a sustainable world we need better public health.
Soviet Union was the first country in the world to give constitutional right to the people for free healthcare. This was affirmed in the Soviet Constitution of 1936 as one of the basic rights of the Soviet people, along with rights to education and right to work.
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