Reimagining India's Health System; Beyond Universal Health Coverage

‘The Lancet Citizen’s Commision for Reimagining India’s Health System’ was formulated post COVID-19 pandemic hit the country and exposed the alarming need for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in India. While it set a decade long target to lay out the path for achieving UHC, it has run into trouble with one of its members, who has left the commission over the concerns of privatisation of primary healthcare in India (ET Online, 2024). An expanding economy with rising economic infrastructure requires a balanced boost to its social infrastructure, which caters to human capital directly. Unfortunately, out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure in India was 49.82% in 2021 (World Bank, n.d.). Enhancing opportunities without regard to declining social growth may prove counterproductive to the economy.