I wonder what will happen to this Free Health insurance program when central government changes next time.
The previous government even though was corrupt at least did something for the poor. I personally witnessed AROGYASHRI being used by the poor and the amount of stability it bought to their daily lives.
I also agree that there was lot of corruption in the program. If the choice is between saving the lives of the poor with corruption vs letting them die without I would choose the former any day. After all, the healthcare system in the US is filled with corrupt participants.
Let’s us not make the perfect the enemy of the good.
P.S:- I am not a citizen of India or don’t have any Indian roots but I lived there for a few years doing volunteer social work to help the poor.
This is very important. We need to finally realize that corruption is endemic to the system, and when corruption is raised as an issue it is generally to disadvantage the poor (last time I looked Wall Street is still doing fine even under the highest levels of corruption one can imagine).
Corruption inherently makes the system insolvent, and in the worst-case, will result in a major debt if not addressed early on.
False. Profitable private companies have to deal with loss all the time. It's called shrinkage. It can be mitigated, but like everything the costs of mitigation must be weighed against the benefits.
http://fortune.com/2015/06/05/walmart-theft/
Keep in mind, right-wing governments actively exploit this "corruption exists, therefore the entire social program is worthless" bug in our national consciousness. It's an effective political tool to transfer wealth away from the poor.
I agree with parent:
> Let’s us not make the perfect the enemy of the good.
I bet they'll try to undermine it at every stage well before they ever get power. That will make it easy to kill or fix it when they do get power back.