Gupta, Indrani creator Trivedi, Mayur Roy, Abhijit text xu| 2004 continuing ng p.3160-164. This paper attempts to understand the role of TPAs, and examines the issues that need to be taken into account while evaluating their usefulness and functioning. TPAs, in spite of their importance in enabling accessibility to insured healthcare, cannot be seen as a panacea for the problems of the health sector. The TPA system should be regulated and checked in order to ensure that consumer interest is not compromised. - Reproduced. Insurance Social security Economic and Political Weekly 180718