“Is Indian Healthcare a Political Pawn More Than a Public Priority?”

Every election season, we hear big promises—“free healthcare,” “Ayushman cards,” “new hospitals,” “better facilities”—but after the votes are counted, silence returns.

Is health only important when it wins votes?
Why is there no when a poor patient dies because an oxygen cylinder was missing?
Why does a life-saving drug become unavailable due to “administrative delays”?

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You’ve said it so right. Health should never be treated like a seasonal promise. A poor patient dying due to lack of oxygen or missing medicines is not just a news line—it’s a life lost, a family broken. We need consistent action, not just big words during elections. Healthcare is a basic right, not a political tool.

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Holding leaders accountable beyond campaign speeches is key to real change.

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It is true.
Healthcare should not be a campaign promise that expires after election day. It should be a fundamental right, protected with the same urgency as any other national priority

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True.
As political parties promises we can do this and that for you but after election they get silenced like they have no relation with the promises they made.

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And that’s why India is still in the developing phase from past centuries. Everything evaporates after the elections.

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Government hospitals often prioritize patients with political connections, while ordinary citizens may struggle to receive adequate treatment, even in critical condition. This highlights the unfortunate reality that Indian healthcare can be influenced by politics, leading to unequal access and treatment for those without connections.

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It’s the same leaders who are nowhere found after the election results are declared and none of the promises fulfilled. It’s high time that we as citizen choose our leaders carefully. Healthcare is everyone’s right.

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No politician and no one will stand on the promises they were given once who can ask to the government?? Why these things happening so they are silently ignoring all these things. Mainly poor people will fall ill compared with the people living as rich. But the treatment mostly given to people here who had money and who have capacity to pay the bills. Because people who have money and have financial status stable can rise the voice but the poor people cant rise the voice right… Hoping that one day this will change..

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Health care is a fundamental right but it feels like its stuck between a public need and political pawn. During elections, schemes are launched , although most of them serve as short term election tools than long term outcomes. India needs independent policy bodies that can take accountability and get consistent funding regardless of the government. This has to be done to prioritize public health.

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Well said! Prioritizing Health is most important we are have to steps of it to fake promises, before election they fake promises that they will be doing that this but after wins nothing they will do.

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