India, Oct. 28 -- Kirit P Solanki, a former Lok Sabha MP, in an opinion article published on Oct. 27, 2026, called for balancing healthcare affordability with sustained investment as debate renews around pricing of medicines and medical products.
Affordability beyond medicine prices
Solanki wrote that no patient should pay an unreasonable price for essential treatment and that instances of unjustified pricing or excessive margins “need to be addressed.” He said, however, that individual instances should not lead to viewing the entire healthcare sector through the same lens.
He said affordability should not be reduced to the price of a medicine, device or individual hospital service, arguing that for families the financial burden spans th...