People choosing not to get vaccinated to pay hospital bills: Karnataka TAC proposal
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Bengaluru: The Technical Advisory Committee of Karnataka has made a recommendation to the state government to bring a new rule under which people choosing to not get vaccinated would have to take care of the hospital bills if they get Covid-19.
The suggestion is drawn from a similar rule that functions in the island nation of Singapore to target people who have not taken the Covid-19 vaccine.
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Around 87 percent of the population in the state have received the vaccination. However, Times of India reports that the government officials have been facing difficulties to vaccinate the entire population despite the door-to-door surveys held. They have attributed the reason to the section of people who have chosen not to receive the vaccination for various reasons.
The issue was taken up for discussion by the TAC in a recent meeting, where a few members expressed the opinion that the government should not pay for the treatment of unvaccinated people in private hospitals. The Singapore model was mooted though.
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