Almost a year after prices of cardiac stents were capped, an examination of bills from various hospitals shows that the extent to which it has brought down the total cost of an angioplasty depends on which hospital you go to. When the price of stents was capped at Rs 30,000 in February last year, the order had stated that the prices would be reviewed after one year. As the stent companies start lobbying in anticipation of the review, a look at the fallout of the price capping shows that government hospitals and some of the charitable ones have passed on all or most of the benefit to patients.
Almost a year after prices of cardiac stents were capped, an examination of bills from various hospitals shows that the extent to which it has brought down the total cost of an angioplasty depends on which hospital you go to. When the price of stents was capped at Rs 30,000 in February last year, the order had stated that the prices would be reviewed after one year. As the stent companies start lobbying in anticipation of the review, a look at the fallout of the price capping shows that government hospitals and some of the charitable ones have passed on all or most of the benefit to patients.
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