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Is universal health insurance in India really free?
It is true that India's universal medical care is free.

India's economic level is far less than our country's, but it has achieved free medical care. It is well understood that developed countries can realize free medical care, but where is the confidence of poor India to realize free medical care policy? In fact, free medical care in India is very different from that in developed countries.

Generally speaking, free medical care in developed countries means that all diseases are free and the state directly gives treatment. Even if the disease can't be cured at home, they can help you go abroad for treatment. In addition, they provide a good medical environment. Free treatment in India is not like this.

Although India provides free medical care, it is limited to minor illnesses such as headache, fever, cold and fever. A slightly bigger illness costs money. Moreover, there are not many public free hospitals in India, which means that not everyone can see even minor illnesses.

Indian patients usually have to wait for several days in the hospital to see a doctor for free. Moreover, the medical environment in India is not good, and there is often a lack of medicine. Therefore, even if medical treatment is free, there will often be medical accidents that lead to the death of patients due to misdiagnosis and disorderly medical treatment. Free medical care in India is actually not as good as our country's medical system.

So not every country's free medical care is enviable, and India is an obvious example.