The role of the state as a big bro is problematic, and yet only a watchful, just state can temper the avaricious excesses in the society it governs. The move by specific States to control medical facility charges charged in the private sector for COVID-19 care falls square in this category. Bombarded with reports about inflated costs being raised in the private sector for healthcare facility care of persons who checked favorable for COVID-19, a couple of States chose to get involved, rightly so, and set a cap on the tariff that can be charged by personal healthcare facilities. In some instances, the Indian Medical Association likewise prayed for intervention by the federal government to regulate this. Maharashtra was the very first to fix a tariff, followed by Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, three of the States seeing a high number of COVID-19 infections. For the preliminary part of the epid
Earnings, not profiteering: On guideline of COVID-19 testing charges
