Budget 2026 Expectations: Healthcare Industry Flags Insurance Gaps, Funding Needs and Atmanirbhar Push – Firstpost

Budget 2026 expectations: Healthcare industry flags insurance gaps, funding needs and Atmanirbhar push – Firstpost

India's healthcare leaders call for structural reforms in Union Budget 2026, focusing on increased GDP allocation, domestic manufacturing incentives and enhanced insurance coverage to reduce out-of-pocket patient expenses.

Budget 2026: Will healthcare get better access and patient-first reforms?

Healthcare experts highlight the need for increased investment in prevention, innovation, and support for domestic startups as key priorities for India’s upcoming Union Budget.

Union Budget 2026–27: Industry leaders call for prevention-led healthcare and stronger public investment

Neha Sinha, Dementia Specialist and CEO & co-founder of Epoch Elder Care: “India is rapidly transitioning from a demographic dividend to a demographic responsibility. With over 168 million senior citizens today—a number projected to nearly double by 2050—we must urgently reimagine how we finance and deliver eldercare. Ageing is increasingly accompanied by complex non-communicable diseases, dementia, and mental health challenges, yet public progr…