Selected Tag: healthcare
Selected Tag: healthcare

Why Developing Countries Need a New Financing Architecture

Developing countries need to turn public liabilities into investable assets, rather than rely on shrinking aid budgets and episodic debt relief.

Arvind Mayaram

August 21, 2026 at 4:51 AM IST

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The Comforting Illusion of Purchasing Power

Purchasing power can adjust prices. It cannot adjust reality.

R. Gurumurthy

August 12, 2026 at 4:05 AM IST

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India's Healthcare Crisis: Why Insurance Coverage Fails the Insured

Insurance covers 46% but reimburses just 4.3%. For the poor, lost wages from illness prove deadlier than medical bills. This invisible crisis demands policy action.

D. Tripati Rao

Rishu Kumar

July 22, 2026 at 5:49 AM IST

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India's Diagnostics Boom Is Becoming a Consumer Subscription Story

The market thinks diagnostics companies sell tests. The underlying mechanism rewards companies that turn occasional patients into recurring consumers.

Krishnadevan V

June 16, 2026 at 6:13 AM IST

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Tracking Periods Is Easier Than Treating Women's Pain

Menstrual health is often framed through hygiene and awareness, while pain, diagnosis and access to care receive far less attention.

Ketaki Thakur

June 12, 2026 at 8:35 AM IST

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Opinion

The Illusion of Reform in India’s Healthcare-Insurance Crisis

India’s healthcare-insurance crisis is rooted not in market forces alone, but in regulatory hesitation and a long-standing political reluctance to confront structural distortions. Cosmetic appeals for cooperation cannot repair a system.

Srinath Sridharan

November 20, 2025 at 2:51 AM IST

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When AI Meets Culture: The Real Test of India’s Health Revolution 

AI’s success in India’s healthcare system will depend on how it integrates with the country’s diverse culture and rural-urban divide

Hemachandra Padhan

October 7, 2025 at 10:13 AM IST

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