Kerala seeks to expand public health insurance scheme to cover ‘missing middle’
The Kerala government is considering expanding health insurance coverage to include the “missing middle” – those who cannot afford any health insurance but are not currently covered under the Ayushman Bharat-Karunya Arogya Suraksha Padhati (AB-KASP) scheme. This expansion may involve collecting a premium from existing beneficiaries to help sustain the scheme, which has been facing…