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Kerala’s Karunya Arogya Suraksha Padhathi | A scheme that is bleeding hospitals dry

The Karunya Arogya Suraksha Padhati has become a burden for the government

The Hindu · Feb 14, 2024

Kerala Budget 2024-25 | ₹800 cr. slash in allocation for public health

The Hindu · Feb 6, 2024

Public hospitals scramble for funds for local drug purchase as KASP overdue payments mount

Public hospitals in Thiruvananthapuram are facing a severe shortage of drugs and funds, leading to a financial crisis.

The Hindu · Jan 30, 2024

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Kerala wins Arogya Manthan award for providing free medical care to maximum number of people

Kerala wins Arogya Manthan 2023 award for providing free medical care to max. people. State's health insurance scheme, Karunya Arogya Suraksha Padhati, won for highest utilisation. Award also for best service provision for blind beneficiaries. Govt. provided free care worth ₹3,200 cr. through KASP & allied schemes. Public hospitals struggling…

The Hindu · Sep 24, 2023

KASP issues: CAG report puts State Health Agency in the dock

Kerala's Ayushman Bharat-Karunya Arogya Suraksha Padhati (KASP) health insurance scheme has been a major fiscal disaster, with cost overruns and overdue claims. CAG audit report reveals how the State Health Agency (SHA) has been running the scheme with no checks and balances, resulting in frauds and unauthorised payments. SHA failed…

The Hindu · Aug 10, 2023

Sustainability of State’s health insurance schemes in question

The two major health insurance schemes in the State – Ayushman Bharat-Karunya Arogya Suraksha Padhati (KASP) and MEDISEP (the medical insurance scheme for State government employees and pensioners) – are headed for a fiscal disaster. With huge cost overruns, the sustainability of these schemes in the long run is in…

The Hindu · May 30, 2023

New health insurance mode a drain on State’s coffers

Entire burden of claims payment in AB-KASP rests with the State govt. under the assurance more

The Hindu · Apr 18, 2022

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Karunya Arogya Suraksha Padhati at SCTIMST

Thiruvananthapuram

The Hindu · Apr 1, 2022

Karunya scheme extended for a year

Thiruvananthapuram

The Hindu · Mar 31, 2022

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