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Higher Health Inflation May Be The Tip Of The Iceberg
Health inflation continues to rise but may not reflect the real rise in health costs to consumers.
20 May 2021, 07:39 AM IST
A rise in the reported levels of health inflation at a time when the country is facing a pandemic may only be the tip of the iceberg as consumers face higher costs of healthcare in many ways which may not get captured in official data.The formally reported healthcare inflation rose to a 20-month high of 7.8% in April, compared to headline retail inflation of 4.3%, according to data published by the Ministry of Statistics and Programm...
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