Medical
Insurance scheme for central employees instead of CGHS ?
It is learnt that the Health Ministry has
moved a proposal for ending the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) in its
current form and moving to an insurance-based scheme - the Central Government
Employees and Pensioners Health Insurance Scheme (CGEPHIS) — in an apparent
attempt to cut costs. Instead of the government directly paying the
medical bills of CGHS beneficiaries, the new scheme will be implemented through
insurance companies registered with the Insurance Regulatory and Development
Authority and selected through bidding.
