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By Express News ServiceTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM: After the medical insurance programme for government employees and pensioners, MEDISEP, hit a stumbling block, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has demanded to avoid middlemen in the form of insurance companies. “These insurance companies usually take 15 to 20 per cent as commission from the claim. Instead, the government can extend its existing mechanism and implement MEDISEP,” said Dr M E Sugathan, president, IMA. Earlier, the Finance Department had recommended the Chief Minister’s Office to re-tender for the provider of the medical insurance programme for government employees and pensioners. Meanwhile, the Finance minister’s office has said that the existing reimbursement scheme for employees would continue until the MEDISEP was implemented..