5. Rise in Life Expectancy
Source: World Population Prospects, the 2008 Revision. United Nations, Department of Economic and
Social Affairs (DESA), Population Division, New York
17. Rise in Disposable Income
Year
% of
populati
on
Leading to demand for better medical care
18. 16 percent of Indians are being
pushed into poverty by rising
health care costs.
About 40 percent of the people
hospitalized have to borrow
money or sell assets to cover
expenses.
Source: The World Health Organization’s 2006
survey
19. Probability of incurring Health care expenses
increases with age
Probability of getting a Health insurance
reduces with age
Why High Health Insurance Now…
21. Why Health Insurance Planning ?
Rise in Life
Expectancy
Rise in
treatment
costs
Shift from
Infectious
to Life
style
Diseases
Shift from
Joint family
to Nuclear
family
system
Rise in
Disposable
Income