Goa govt; all set to raise health insurance ceiling to Rs 2 lacs

Goa government is all set to raise health insurance cover ceiling from Rs 60,000 to Rs 2 lacs. The state health minister, Laxmikant Parsekar said today, the government will make over the universal medical insurance scheme covering its population.

 

According to the state health minister, ICICI Lombard, which has bagged the contract to implement this scheme for entire Goa population, will be approached with the reworked rates.He said, “If ICICI Lombard is okay with the reworked rates, then we will continue the agreement with them or else we will have to re-bid it.”

In the scheme ‘Swarnajayanti Arogya Bima Yojna’ was launched last year by former Digambar Kamat-led government. In the scheme, it had the provision to empanel private hospitals where cashless health insurance cover up to the sum of Rs 60,000 per family was provided for all diseases.

Mr. Parsekar said the reason behind the raising the current ceiling from Rs 60,000 to Rs 2 lacs is to empanel all hospitals across the state. At the current ceiling, several private practitioners had expressed their unwillingness to endorse the scheme as it had prescribed a little amount for various diseases.

The government has also decided to pay extra remuneration depending on the cases handled by them, once universal medical insurance scheme is implemented.

 

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