Medisep is a unique and comprehensive social insurance scheme like no other and one that is going to be a model for the rest of the country. However, there seemed to be an organised attempt by some hospitals and lobbies to scuttle the scheme, said Finance Minister, K. N. Balagopal, in the Assembly on Wednesday.
“There are teething troubles that need to be settled and efforts are on to empanel more hospitals so that the scheme is more meaningful. Some hospitals were deliberately staying away from the scheme and if this attitude continued, they would have to be named and exposed,” he added.
He was replying to a calling attention motion by Ramesh Chennithala on Medisep, the health insurance scheme for Government employees and pensioners. Mr. Chennithala claimed that the medical reimbursement scheme that was earlier in place without any cost limits had been “upset” by the implementation of Medisep and that the Government had brought in the scheme without doing any homework.
