State government to regulate private hospital bills; display of treatment price list mandatory

The state government plans to curb arbitrary billing in private hospitals by making the display of a price list for treatment costs mandatory. Health Minister U.T. Khader held a meeting with the Private Hospitals Association (PHANA) at Arogya Soudha in Bengaluru. He stated that the government is committed to transparency in treatment and medicine costs, noting that the National Drug Price Authority has limited the profit margin on cancer drugs to 30% of the maximum retail price.