Your article on ‘Building a path to healthcare access’ in Express Healthcare, May 2012, was quite insightful as it provided some interesting and diverse views of industry stakeholders on how to achieve universal healthcare. Health insurance alone is not going to achieve this as the number of people needing healthcare services far exceeds the number of taxpayers. People must pay some amount out of pocket to prevent the misuse of insurance and to value the cost of quality care. As such, India is lagging behind to achieve MDGs. Nothing short of drastic reforms on part of the government and some innovative strategies by all players in healthcare can achieve this ambitious goal.
– Dr Sanjeev Sood, NABH Empaneled Assessor, Hospital & Health Systems Administrator, Chandigarh
