Caught in a tug-of-war

News reports through the week about the storm gripping the health insurance sector are bound to have some ill-effects on the health of mediclaim policy holders. With four PSU general insurers New India Assurance, Oriental Insurance, United India Insurance and National Insurance pruning the list of hospitals where cashless cover benefit on individual policies is applicable, popular corporate hospitals across Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore are left out in the cold. So, God forbid if you need medical attention in the next few days and you have an individual mediclaim policy by any one of these four insurers, your cashless ...

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