Striving for accessible, affordable healthcare

FDR, Lok Satta launch ‘Towards Viable Universal Healthcare’ publication

In an attempt to ensure accessible, effective and affordable healthcare services for all, the Foundation for Democratic Reforms (FDR), along with Lok Satta party, released a publication titled ‘Towards Viable Universal Healthcare’ on Tuesday.

Lok Satta founder Jaya Prakash Narayana and FDR members were present during the release of the publication.

The key elements of this model are continuum of care through a publicly-funded family physician-led primary care system with choice and competition for all outpatient care, limiting secondary and tertiary-level hospital services to in-patient care upon referral, expanding the scope of Ayushman Bharat (and other public-funded single-payer health insurance or assurance schemes) to cover all secondary care procedures for all citizens while removing tertiary care services from its coverage, and making district and public teaching hospitals the mainstay for quality, cost-effective tertiary healthcare in the country.