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09-Apr-18 India's largest mortgage lender Housing Development Finance (HDFC) is in advanced talks to acquire Apollo Munich Health Insurance for INR1,000 crore (USD153 mn). Apollo Munich is the second largest standalone health insurance provider in India after Star Health. [image: The Economic Times]
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07-Apr-18 The Indian government is set to officially launch the Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection programme on 14-Apr-18. The scheme will give the country's people access to quality treatment within a limit of INR500k (USD7,700) per family. [image: Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana]
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05-Apr-18 In many countries 95% of the population have private health insurance whereas in India less than 10% of the population have private health insurance. Experts say there is a lot of work to do in health insurance in India. [image: Pradeep Gaur / Mint]
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26-Mar-18 As Japan enjoys booming inbound tourism, hospitals are seeing more cases of non-payment by foreign travellers. Around 25% of hospitals say they had non-payment issues from foreigners in the past year. [image: Nikkei Asian Review]
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16-Mar-18 Healix International has been appointed by the UK's BBC to provide medical assistance to its employees and freelancers in the event of a medical emergency while they are travelling overseas on BBC business. [image: iPMIM]
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