Employers in India provide group health insurance plans to their employees as a part of the employment benefits. An employee health insurance policy ceases to exist once the employee quits the job or transfers to another company.
In this year's budget, the top most expectation continues to be income tax benefit. In the current fiscal, the taxpayers are expecting more tax advantage under section 80D.
According to a report by news agency Reuters, the government is likely to raise its public health spending by 11 per cent in the upcoming budget, slated to be tabled in the Parliament on February 1.
Public sector investment on healthcare accounts for less than 1.5 per cent of GDP, which is one of the lowest globally, and the government intends to increase the expenditure to 2.5 per cent of GDP by 2025.
The outlay on healthcare increased by a healthy 28 per cent in the last budget and the allocation is likely to see a similar increase in the forthcoming budget as well, according to a report by rating agency Icra.
The analysis is based on more than 3.3 million lipid profile tests performed at SRL Labs across India during 2014-2016.
In a shocking incident, a patient's right kidney was operated upon instead of the left at a premier medical hospital here. Gudia Bai's operation on the right kidney took place at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS)
Worried about your degrading health than here are few useful physical activities, which can boost your bone health.
The study helped researchers to understand one of the main diseases affecting the hip in childhood.
A decade after cigarettes were banished from Britain's pubs, clubs, bars and restaurants, smoking rates in the country have reached the lowest ever recorded, shows new research.
Chef Ashish Massey at The Ancient Barbeque, and chef Sonu Negi share their expert advice on how to keep your body cool in summer.
While new mothers need to embrace the fact that the first few days will be chaotic, there are ways in which baby care can be provided without too much stress, said experts.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that India needs to reduce its dependence on imported medical equipment in order to make treatment affordable for the common man.
In a first, an MIT engineer has developed a wristband which has a potential to recognise human emotions, the brain as well as behaviour, especially during seizures caused by epilepsy.
Eating low-glycemic foods such as starches found in whole grains, legumes, lentils, chickpeas, vegetables, leafy greens, may help prevent the development of age-related eye disease that causes vision loss.
Increased yogurt consumption is associated with a higher hip bone density and a significantly reduced risk of osteoporosis in older men and women, researchers said.
Using cotton buds to clean ears may seem harmless, but they have the potential to cause minor to severe injury to the ear, researchers have warned.
With sedentary lifestyle being one of the biggest reasons causing infertility, doctors say consumption of artificially sweetened sodas and aerated drinks may also lead to infertility in humans.
Pregnant women are twice as likely to be a victim of an assault-related trauma -- and die from their injuries -- than an accident-related trauma like car accidents or falls, compared to women who are not pregnant, new research has found.
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