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Health Insurance in Pakistan: The essentials of getting insured

©The Sanniah Experience! (TSE) By Sanniah Hassan Maintaining good mental and physical health is a substantial part of optimal healthcare, access to which should be an essential concern of those in power, and although, a system to ensure the provision of basic amenities should be at the helm of any good governance, it usually is not.  There can be various reasons behind this, but most commonly this is determined by the GDP and HDI of any developing country. For countries like ours, generally considered to be "least" developed, decisions such as healthcare are predominantly made on the basis of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita and the Human Development Index (HDI). However, this is a step that can only be taken when the state leadership is focused on progress in the right direction. Although Pakistan is not among the "least" developed countries according to the World Population Review website , yet, we too are lacking a potent system to sustain facilities f...