{
  "id": 664404,
  "title": "India plans insurance reforms to rein in healthcare costs, sources say",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/india-plans-insurance-reforms-to-rein-in-healthcare-costs-sources-say-664404",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-12T11:42:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Recorder",
    "slug": "business-recorder",
    "url": "https://www.brecorder.com/news/40434485/india-plans-insurance-reforms-to-rein-in-healthcare-costs-sources-say"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "MUMBAI: India is weighing wide-ranging reforms of health insurance, from benchmarked treatment rates to a nationwide claims exchange, as it looks to boost transparency in a struggle to hold down some of the highest medical inflation in Asia, two sources said. Medical inflation of roughly 12% to 14% a year, according to industry estimates, puts pressure on families and prompts authorities to hunt…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}