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At least half of the world’s people is currently unable to obtain essential health services.

Almost 100 million people are being pushed into extreme poverty, forced to survive on just $1.90 or less a day, because they have to pay for health services out of their own pockets.

Over 800 million people (almost 12 percent of the world’s population) spend at least 10 percent of their household budgets on health expenses for themselves, a sick child or other family member. They incur so-called “catastrophic expenditures”.

Incurring catastrophic expenses for health care is a global problem. In richer countries in Europe, Latin America and parts of Asia, which have achieved high levels of access to health services, increasing numbers of people are spending at least 10 percent of their household budgets on out-of-pocket health expenses.

Medical Poverty Trap and Privatised Health care 

~~Private sector provides 80% of out patient services and 60% of inpatient services .

~~77%(in rural ) and 70%in (urban) out of pocket expenses is spent on medicines alone 

~~ " With out of pocket expenditure (pop) at 65.06% of total health expenses " 

5.5 crore Indians fell below poverty line last year .