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<div> </div><div>The seemingly impressive growth of the Indian economy hides many
social ills, one of which is the failure to provide health care for all.
The 2012 release of the Planning Commission’s draft strategy for
universal health coverage (UHC) was seen as an attempt to address the
situation and it attracted considerable attention, and criticism. At the
heart of the debate is the proposal that UHC could be best achieved
through greater participation of the already dominant private sector,
and by scaling up health insurance schemes.</div>
<p>This paper argues for a fundamentally different vision of UHC policy,
premised on creating an integrated and comprehensive public health
system that prioritizes people’s needs, and on reversing the drift
toward increasingly private healthcare delivery. It examines key facets
of India’s health care sector, analyzes the reasons underlying its
inability to meet UHC goals at present, and proposes public solutions to
fill health delivery gaps in a more efficient, transparent, equitable
and sustainable way.</p>--<br><div>Global Secretariat<br>People's Health Movement (PHM)<br>Email: <a href="mailto:globalsecretariat@phmovement.org" target="_blank">globalsecretariat@phmovement.org</a><br>Web: <a href="http://www.phmovement.org" target="_blank">www.phmovement.org</a><input type="hidden"><input type="hidden"><div>
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