We expect investment in preventive healthcare: VLCC Health Care

Investment in preventive healthcare will help increase the longevity and overall productivity of people. Preventive healthcare check-ups could be made mandatory and diseases could be treated with subsidised medicines and access to better health enhancement services such as wellness clinics, dietary consultations and sports activities, etc. The spending on preventive healthcare activities should be considered for tax exemption up to a limit in addition to mediclaim insurance which is covered for curative measures. Also like curative service providers are provided exemptions from GST, we could also include this to preventive healthcare services providers like wellness clinics and obesity management services to make it more accessible.