>>I've never been to US, but I can tell you the Indian health care system is if not less is equally greedy compared to their US counterparts. Its just the same.
Its NOT the same. High costs in the US are essentially a result of policy corruption - a systemic issue with results in the exorbitant prices. Greed amongst doctors is prevalent in India as well as the US - maybe more prevalent in India due to general poverty. But health care in India is more 'free-market' than in the US, which is why it is more efficient.
>>I've never been to US, but I can tell you the Indian health care system is if not less is equally greedy compared to their US counterparts. Its just the same.
I have been to the US and I have spent a huge time in India. I have witnessed the Indian health system in close quarters and have close family members undergone major surgeries. There is greed in India, no doubt about it. But the American system is completely EFFED up - there is no comparison. If you go to the US and spend some time understanding/experiencing the system, you will be thankful for what you have in India.
>>These days if you don't have health insurance you are more or less screwed. Its just like the US. I mean from whatever I've read about US so far its the very same. Nothing changes. You just feel its cheaper as $1 = 60 rupees. There you get a straight 60x value of your money. That is what it is at the end of the day.
You are completely wrong about this only because you don't know what happens in the US if you dont have insurance. My close family members have undergone major heart surgery at Narayanan Hrudyalaya. They had insurance, but even if the insurance did not cover it, it was not a big deal. I could have easily paid from my own pocket - it cost just over $2K USD - not a big amount for middle class Indians for life threatening surgery. All the prices are transparent - so if you dont want to pay as much you can choose cheaper options (shared post-op bedding etc.) which will reduce prices in half - with very little difference in medical care.
In the US if you dont have insurance for something like this - you will go bankrupt. The only reason you don't know about this is because most of your NRI friends work for bigger tech companies which provide good coverage.
Infact one of the reasons why health care is reasonable in India is because insurance coverage is limited and not mandated by law. The resulting free market delivers the economies quoted in this article.
>>Coming to our system. Forget greed, fraud in the system is so massively high nothing that I write here will explain it.
No it is NOT. There is a tendency in Indians to think that they are completely fucked up. Travel around the world - especially to the US and you will thank your stars - and please dont go with what NRI's say - they have a vested interest.
It is true that there is greed in the system and there is fraud - but there is a relatively freer market. You can 'choose' your doctors/hospitals. If you dont have a good experience with a hospital you can choose to write a review on Mouthshut.com and have them get less business. You can do your research and choose a better doctor/hospital over a worse one. This 'choice' and the enabling free market makes India health care deliver economies at scale which are impossible in the American system.
>>The fees for completing your medical course is astronomically high. Capitation fee often runs in crores, the net fee by the time you finish your MD is so high no doubt most doctors have to practically turn into crooks to get something out of it. Add to this nearly more than a decade of studies sets a perfect stage for these sort of activities to happen.
Assuming that this does turn them into 'crooks', they have an easy way to get their money 'out' - migrate to the US/UK after completing their residency. Some doctors are greedy, some are good. The greedy ones land up outside India as much if not less than inside.