PMJAY scheme has impressive list of benefits, but 'flawed model', lack of funds have medical experts sceptical
6 years, 3 months ago

PMJAY scheme has impressive list of benefits, but 'flawed model', lack of funds have medical experts sceptical

Firstpost  

According to an expert from TISS, the low 2018-19 budget for PMJAY was the fundamental flaw with the health insurance scheme under Ayushman Bharat. Within 24 hours of Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, a newspaper report claimed that the initiative under the comprehensive “Ayushman Bharat” health insurance scheme had already benefited more than a 1,000 patients. Dubbed the “largest government-funded healthcare scheme” in the world, it aims to provide coverage of Rs 5 lakh per family annually and help more than 10.74 crore poor and vulnerable families — around 50 crore people — with secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation through a network of Empanelled Healthcare Providers. Dr Salvaraj admits that expanding the platform to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar — considered “bimaru states” in more ways than one — is a good step, but poor families in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Maharashtra were already covered by a basic health insurance package. “Private hospitals will continue to double-charge; they will continue to levy out-of-pocket costs, much higher than what a patient would pay at a government hospital,” said Dr Sundararaman.

Health India Healthcare Insurance Medical Hospitals Telangana Crore Private Scheme Private Hospitals This Scheme Pmjay Ima  scheme  list  crore  health  pmjay  lack  impressive  hospitals  dr  insurance  healthcare  rs  flawed  medical  funds  private  model  sceptical

History of this topic

Budget 2025: Higher insurance penetration, Ayushman Bharat among 4 key expectations to benefit Healthcare Industry
13 minutes ago

Budget 2025: Higher insurance penetration, Ayushman Bharat among 4 key expectations to benefit Healthcare Industry

Live Mint  

Budget 2025: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present the Union Budget for fiscal 2025-26 on February 1. The expectations are building and healthcare industry expects expansion of healthcare schemes such as ayushman Bharat, increased Insurance penetration, emphasis on preventive healthcare, Tax releif for consumables and equipments This year’s budget must take bold steps to prioritize the health and …

Healthcare faces significant challenges in infrastructure
6 hours, 48 minutes ago

Healthcare faces significant challenges in infrastructure

Live Mint  

Mumbai: The healthcare industry has recommended several reforms to reduce costs of key medicines, enhance accessibility, as well as promote innovation. Lowering GST on health insurance premiums to 5% could improve insurance penetration, while Viability Gap Funding and low-interest capital investments are needed to add 2.5-3 million hospital beds. In 2018, the government launched the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan …

Odisha joins Ayushman Bharat: 4.5 crore people to benefit
Trending News
2 days, 6 hours ago

Odisha joins Ayushman Bharat: 4.5 crore people to benefit

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Odisha has become the 34th state in India to join the central government’s ambitious scheme Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, considered the largest insurance scheme in the world. In this regard, the Odisha government signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Monday by integrating its own scheme, Gopabandhu Jan Arogya Yojana, with the Union Health Ministry. Speaking at …

PM-JAY for senior citizens: How to register for free health insurance
3 weeks, 2 days ago

PM-JAY for senior citizens: How to register for free health insurance

India Today  

The Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana offers free health insurance of up to Rs 5 lakh every year to senior citizens. ENROLLING IN THE SCHEME: A SIMPLE PROCESS Senior citizens or their family members can begin the enrolment process by downloading the Ayushman Bharat app from the Google Play Store or the official website. A HEALTHIER FUTURE FOR …

Central team in Odisha for integration of GJAY, AB-PMJAY
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Central team in Odisha for integration of GJAY, AB-PMJAY

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR : With the Odisha government all set to sign an MoU for implementation of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, a central team arrived here on Wednesday to finalise the modalities for its integration with the state-funded Gopabandhu Jan Arogya Yojana. The three-member team led by CEO of National Health Authority LS Changsan held discussions with the state’s …

GJAY integration hurdle for AB-PMJAY rollout as Odisha Government readies for MoU
1 month, 1 week ago

GJAY integration hurdle for AB-PMJAY rollout as Odisha Government readies for MoU

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR: Even as Odisha government readies for the MoU with the Centre for implementation of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana in the state six years after its nation-wide rollout, finalisation of modalities for integration with the state-funded Gopabandhu Jan Arogya Yojana remains the key challenge. Now, around 1.1 crore families are covered under GJAY that provides annual cashless …

The burden of health care on India’s poorest
5 months ago

The burden of health care on India’s poorest

Hindustan Times  

In recent years, the Indian government has made significant strides in reducing the burden of health expenditure on the common citizen. A particular focus of the government has been to reduce the burden of severe economic shocks due to “catastrophic” health care expenditure such as hospitalisation. In order to understand the character of catastrophic health expenditure, Artha Global’s Centre for …

Transforming health care access and empowering communities
5 months ago

Transforming health care access and empowering communities

Hindustan Times  

Life expectancy and access to health care have increased globally in recent decades, which has significantly improved general welfare. The World Health Organization states that a health care system should improve population health, prevent health care costs, and meet health expectations. With India's fertility rate declining, it becomes even more critical to integrate fertility-related healthcare into the larger health insurance …

A Budget that places health on the margins
5 months, 3 weeks ago

A Budget that places health on the margins

The Hindu  

With the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic behind us, the Union Budget expectedly shifted focus to levers of economic growth such as infrastructure and employment. It was also hoped that the recognition of population health as a vital investment for accelerating as well as protecting economic growth would see continued investment in strengthening our health systems. In the Interim Budget, …

Govt Plans Major Expansion Of Ayushman Bharat Health Insurance Scheme: Report
6 months, 1 week ago

Govt Plans Major Expansion Of Ayushman Bharat Health Insurance Scheme: Report

ABP News  

The central government is considering a major expansion of its Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme in a bid to enhance healthcare accessibility. Launched to provide secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation coverage up to Rs 5 lakh per family annually, the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana was allocated Rs 7,200 crore in the interim Budget of 2024. President Droupadi …

Budget 2024: Health insurers seek more attractive tax incentives—and a regulator
6 months, 1 week ago

Budget 2024: Health insurers seek more attractive tax incentives—and a regulator

Live Mint  

In the interim budget for 2024-25 presented in February, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman increased the government’s allocation towards the health sector by nearly 14%. “To enable better retail health insurance penetration, the government can consider categorising them under a separate HSN code and lowering the tax to 5%," says Parimal Heda, chief investment officer, GoDigit General Insurance. The tax on …

Ayushman Bharat health scheme to provide free treatment to those aged above 70 years: President Murmu
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Ayushman Bharat health scheme to provide free treatment to those aged above 70 years: President Murmu

The Hindu  

“All citizens aged above 70 years will be provided free treatment under the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme,” President Droupadi Murmu said on June 27. “Under the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, free health services are being provided to 55 crore beneficiaries,” Ms. Murmu said. Now, all the elderly above 70 years of age will also be covered and …

Ayushman Bharat health scheme to provide free treatment to those aged above 70 years: Prez
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Ayushman Bharat health scheme to provide free treatment to those aged above 70 years: Prez

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: All citizens aged above 70 years will be provided free treatment under the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme, President Droupadi Murmu said on Thursday. Under the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, free health services are being provided to 55 crore beneficiaries, Murmu said. Now all the elderly above 70 years of age will also be covered and …

Asha, Anganwadi workers to collect data on people above 70 yrs of age to bring them under government health scheme
7 months ago

Asha, Anganwadi workers to collect data on people above 70 yrs of age to bring them under government health scheme

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Accredited Social Health Activists and Anganwadi workers will be collecting data on individuals above 70 years of age to bring them under the purview of the government's free healthcare scheme, according to the officials aware of the matter. The Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana is the largest health insurance scheme in the world, providing coverage of up …

Does Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana need a design change?
8 months, 1 week ago

Does Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana need a design change?

The Hindu  

Ayushman Bharat, the government’s flagship programme to achieve universal health coverage, was launched in 2018. The scheme has two inter-related components: health and wellness centres and the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana that aims to provide a health cover of ₹5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation to over 12 crore families that form the …

Health Ministry urges Delhi, Odisha, West Bengal to join AB-PMJAY scheme
1 year, 3 months ago

Health Ministry urges Delhi, Odisha, West Bengal to join AB-PMJAY scheme

The Hindu  

The Union Health Ministry on September 25 urged Delhi, Odisha, and West Bengal to join the Centre’s flagship health insurance scheme, Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, to ensure that quality healthcare is made accessible to all. Speaking at the inaugural session of Arogya Manthan, being held to celebrate five years of the PM-JAY and two years of the …

Centre urges States, Union Territories to achieve 100% Ayushman Bharat card saturation
1 year, 6 months ago

Centre urges States, Union Territories to achieve 100% Ayushman Bharat card saturation

The Hindu  

The Union government has urged all States and Union Territories to achieve 100% Ayushman Bharat card saturation by utilising the services of grassroots-level healthcare workers. The Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana is billed as the largest government- Stakeholders have also been directed to set up State offices and carry out review and regular monitoring of the programme. The …

PM Modi's Social Security Schemes: Over 55 crore enrollments registered in 8 years in three national programmes
1 year, 8 months ago

PM Modi's Social Security Schemes: Over 55 crore enrollments registered in 8 years in three national programmes

Firstpost  

PMJJBY has provided support to 6.64 lakh families receiving ₹ 13,290 crore worth of claims. About 55 crore people have enrolled themselves in the three new national social security schemes launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that these social security schemes are dedicated to the welfare of the citizens, recognising the need for …

Universal Health Coverage By 2030: Achievable Goal Or Pipe Dream?
1 year, 9 months ago

Universal Health Coverage By 2030: Achievable Goal Or Pipe Dream?

The Quint  

A review of PMJAY in a recent Lancet study, by Dubey et al, states that, “The PMJAY scheme overall is failing to target the most vulnerable population. This mis-targeting can risk inequitable demand and utilization of PMJAY….States with higher poverty headcounts and disease burdens are considered to have a higher need for PMJAY and vice versa. This discrepancy in need …

India may further expand the ambit of world's largest govt-funded healthcare program PM-JAY
1 year, 11 months ago

India may further expand the ambit of world's largest govt-funded healthcare program PM-JAY

Firstpost  

New Delhi: With an aim to extend the provide accessible and affordable healthcare facilities to the more people, the BJP ruled Centre may announce an expansion in the coverage of world’s largest government funded healthcare program ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana’ during the upcoming union budget. According to sources familiar with the matter, “The proposal to extend the benefits to …

The Missing Link in India’s Journey Towards Universal Health Coverage
2 years, 1 month ago

The Missing Link in India’s Journey Towards Universal Health Coverage

News 18  

Out-of-pocket-expenditure remains a challenging part of India’s health system story. Further, according to NITI Aayog’s report ‘Health Insurance for India’s ‘Missing Middle’, the ‘missing middle’ constitutes at least 30% of the population which may not get covered under any government subsidised health insurance schemes like PM-JAY, social health insurance schemes like the Employee State Insurance Scheme or private voluntary health …

Centre to set up escrow account for payments under Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme
2 years, 3 months ago

Centre to set up escrow account for payments under Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme

Hindustan Times  

The Union health ministry is considering setting up an escrow account to help quickly settle payments under the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme, people aware of the matter said, explaining how the plan will keep funds flowing to hospitals even if central or state government departments, who share the costs, delay in releasing money. “There have been some complaints of …

Govt to Increase Ceiling Rate of Premium Paid Under Ayushman Bharat to Rs 1,500
2 years, 11 months ago

Govt to Increase Ceiling Rate of Premium Paid Under Ayushman Bharat to Rs 1,500

News 18  

The government has decided to revise the ceiling rate of premium paid to insurance companies by states and Union Territories under India’s flagship health insurance scheme, Ayushman Bharat, from Rs 1,052 per year by each family to Rs 1,500, News18 has learnt. The National Health Authority, which is responsible for the implementation of the scheme, had proposed the revision highlighting …

Medical Cover for Every Indian: PMJAY-like Scheme for 40 Crore Uninsured on the Cards
3 years, 3 months ago

Medical Cover for Every Indian: PMJAY-like Scheme for 40 Crore Uninsured on the Cards

News 18  

The government is moving towards covering the ‘missing middle’ of over 40 crore population with medical insurance, and has shortlisted 21 insurers who may offer a highly subsidised cover as part of a pilot project on voluntary basis. Apart from the 50 crore poorest people covered by the PMJAY scheme, 3 crore people are covered by various state schemes, 15-17 …

Ayushman Bharat and the path to universal health coverage in India
3 years, 5 months ago

Ayushman Bharat and the path to universal health coverage in India

Hindustan Times  

Successive Indian national governments have stated a commitment to achieving universal health coverage. PREMIUM The government of India approved the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana in March 2018. The government of India approved the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana in March 2018 and has hailed the programme as a historic step towards achieving UHC in India. …

The health nudge is merely a mirage
3 years, 11 months ago

The health nudge is merely a mirage

Live Mint  

HYDERABAD : The Union Budget, as expected, focused on healthcare, recognizing the havoc that the pandemic has caused in the country. With current enrolment under RSBY and other state-run insurance schemes well below the target of 500 million, increased allocation of funds was a necessary step in order to expand health insurance coverage. In a year when everything should have …

PM Modi launches Ayushman Bharat scheme to extend health insurance coverage to all J&K residents
4 years ago

PM Modi launches Ayushman Bharat scheme to extend health insurance coverage to all J&K residents

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the Ayushman Bharat scheme via video-conferencing to extend health insurance coverage to all residents of Jammu and Kashmir. The Prime Minister's Office said the scheme will ensure universal health coverage, and focus on providing financial risk protection and ensuring quality and affordable essential health services to all individuals and communities. The scheme will …

Why AAP didn't go for Ayushman Bharat in Delhi: Its own healthcare scheme outweighs Centre’s nationwide plan
5 years ago

Why AAP didn't go for Ayushman Bharat in Delhi: Its own healthcare scheme outweighs Centre’s nationwide plan

Firstpost  

It is absolutely fallacious, misleading and incorrigible for Union home minister Amit Shah to say that the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana is rejected by the Delhi government simply for political interest. While campaigning in Delhi, Home Minister Amit Shah claimed that Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has not allowed Ayushman Bharat Yojana to be implemented in the state …

PMJAY scheme: Centre looking to bring hospitals run by CPSEs, paramilitary forces under flagship, anti-fraud law on anvil
5 years, 1 month ago

PMJAY scheme: Centre looking to bring hospitals run by CPSEs, paramilitary forces under flagship, anti-fraud law on anvil

Firstpost  

The Cabinet Secretariat note reviewed by Firstpost said Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY is a globally unique scheme in terms of its coverage and quality of medicare New Delhi: A year after the launch of the world’s largest fully funded health insurance scheme, the government is looking to bring more than 300 hospitals run by Central Public Sector Enterprises, some of the best …

Ayushman Bharat, one year on: Big challenges and bigger opportunities lie ahead of govt's flagship programme
5 years, 3 months ago

Ayushman Bharat, one year on: Big challenges and bigger opportunities lie ahead of govt's flagship programme

Firstpost  

Ayushman Bharat has come up as a strong programme in improving and meeting the Indian population’s healthcare needs, but it has a long way to go. Ayushman Bharat, India’s cashless healthcare plan for half a billion people living in poverty, turned one on 23 September. Here’s a look at what the National Health Authority — which runs Ayushman Bharat — …

Ayushman Bharat: A revolutionary step towards a healthy India
5 years, 3 months ago

Ayushman Bharat: A revolutionary step towards a healthy India

Op India  

At a point of time when the common man is struggling to meet the expenditure of health care which may cost a family’s lifetime savings, the Ayushman Bharat Scheme has come as a lifeline to the poor which ensures the treatment to the beneficiaries free of cost or at minimum expense. Ayushman Bharat, the flagship scheme of Government of India, …

Ayushman Bharat helped 39 lakh people
5 years, 4 months ago

Ayushman Bharat helped 39 lakh people

The Hindu  

Ayushman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, the Centre’s national health insurance scheme, has unveiled its newly designed grievance redressal portal, which has a 3-tier system where district, State and national-level officers and committees can scrutinise and take action for speedy solution to problems. This is a sophisticated online system to help members of the general public to register …

Punjab government extends health cover to 4,500 journalists
5 years, 4 months ago

Punjab government extends health cover to 4,500 journalists

India TV News  

The Punjab government on Sunday announced to bring over 4,500 journalists into the ambit of its universal health insurance scheme, Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana. Beneficiaries are provided secondary and tertiary care treatment under the scheme, for which all public hospitals above the Community Health Centre level are also empanelled to provide secondary and tertiary care treatment. The state government had …

10.74 crore families benefited under Ayushman Bharat: Health Minister Harsh Vardhan
5 years, 5 months ago

10.74 crore families benefited under Ayushman Bharat: Health Minister Harsh Vardhan

India TV News  

As many as 10.74 crore poor families in the country have been benefited from the Ayushman Bharat under which free treatment up to Rs five lakh can be availed, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said in Lok Sabha on Friday. Khan said during the Question Hour that as on July 23, a total of 16,039 hospitals have been empanelled under the …

Are you eligible for Ayushman Bharat Scheme? Here's what you need to know to check information online, offline
5 years, 5 months ago

Are you eligible for Ayushman Bharat Scheme? Here's what you need to know to check information online, offline

Firstpost  

Ayushman Bharat Scheme or the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 2018. The national health scheme offers insurance coverage of Rs 5 lakh per family, wherein “family” is not limited to the number of members or age. Rural areas The eligibility criteria listed below can be verified on the Ayushman Bharat official …

Doctors Disappointment: Hopes for investments beyond Ayushman Bharat cover crash
5 years, 6 months ago

Doctors Disappointment: Hopes for investments beyond Ayushman Bharat cover crash

India Today  

On paper, the outlay for the health sector is up by about 19 per cent over that of 2018 - 19, at Rs. This includes Rs.6,400 crore for the Centre's flagship insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna that aims at providing annual health cover of up to Rs.5 lakhs per family for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization …

Union Budget 2019: Constitution makes healthcare the responsibility of state governments
5 years, 6 months ago

Union Budget 2019: Constitution makes healthcare the responsibility of state governments

Firstpost  

The private health care sector is responsible for the majority of healthcare in India, and most healthcare expenses are paid directly out of pocket by patients and their families. The private health care sector is responsible for the majority of health care in India, and most health care expenses are paid directly out of pocket by patients and their families, …

Doctors loot funds for poor in Ayushman Bharat Yojana, probe on
5 years, 6 months ago

Doctors loot funds for poor in Ayushman Bharat Yojana, probe on

India TV News  

Exploiting loopholes in the Union Government's mega health scheme - Ayushman Bharat, hundreds of doctors allegedly pocketed huge amounts of public funds meant for the treatment of poor patients. Under the scheme, doctors of government hospitals referred patients to private hospitals for specialized treatment. Concerned about the ongoing scandal, the Uttarakhand High Court has now directed the Trivendra Singh Rawat …

Kerala already a member of Ayushman Bharat, PM Modi misunderstood situation: State health minister
5 years, 7 months ago

Kerala already a member of Ayushman Bharat, PM Modi misunderstood situation: State health minister

India TV News  

Joining issue with Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his appeal to it for joining Ayushman Bharat, the LDF government in Kerala has said the state is already a member of the Centre's health insurance scheme and the PM has "misunderstood" it. Asking the prime minister to correct himself, state Health Minister K K Shylaja said that in fact, the Kerala …

As govt begins fresh innings, all eyes on healthcare promise
5 years, 7 months ago

As govt begins fresh innings, all eyes on healthcare promise

Live Mint  

The government will have to focus on the major health initiatives that played a pivotal role in wooing voters and helped the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance come back to power at the centre. The key health initiatives of the previous government included Ayushman Bharat, price cuts for essential drugs and implants, and the introduction of health-related bills …

PM Narendra Modi’s historic decision to introduce ‘Ayushman Bharat’ benefits 10 crore families
5 years, 10 months ago

PM Narendra Modi’s historic decision to introduce ‘Ayushman Bharat’ benefits 10 crore families

Op India  

A baby girl Alia from Ranchi suffering from a critical heart disease, an 80-year-old lady from Panipat with a severely septic wound, a 59-year-old tea vendor from Aurangabad in Bihar diagnosed with oral cancer, a 60 year old tailor from Satara in Maharashtra admitted with chest pain and a youngster Devilal Nayak from Jharkhand with a broken hip – what …

Health budget focuses only on Ayushman Bharat, other schemes ignored
5 years, 11 months ago

Health budget focuses only on Ayushman Bharat, other schemes ignored

Live Mint  

Making Ayushman Bharat scheme the representative of all the healthcare initiatives in Budget 2019-20, Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance government forgot to focus on unprecedented disease burden looming large on the country. While the total health budget allocated to the ministry of health and family welfare for 2019-20 is ₹61,398.12 crore against ₹52,800 crore in 2018-19, an increase of 16.3%, …

Budget 2019: Ayushman Bharat remained highlight of health initiatives by the government
5 years, 11 months ago

Budget 2019: Ayushman Bharat remained highlight of health initiatives by the government

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Ayushman Bharat scheme remained the highlight among healthcare initiatives taken by the Narendra Modi-led government during the speech of finance minister Piyush Goyal, who presented the interim budget 2019-20 on Friday. “We launched the world’s largest health insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat because our government empathizes with the pain of the burden of expenditure on medical treatment by …

100 days of Ayushman Bharat: 6.85 lakh patients availed free treatment so far
6 years ago

100 days of Ayushman Bharat: 6.85 lakh patients availed free treatment so far

Op India  

Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojna, one of the most ambitious schemes of the Modi government, has completed 100 days on Monday, since its launch in September 2018. The Narendra Modi’s flagship health insurance scheme, Ayushman Bharat, aims to provide health insurance coverage to more than 10 crore poor families in the country. Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, calling this scheme …

India’s health care sector needs fresh ideas
6 years ago

India’s health care sector needs fresh ideas

Hindustan Times  

There are some interesting developments in progress within India. Adequate total expenditure on health care by citizens but over 50 million people returning to poverty each year because of health shocks, having to once again claw their way back up. In a field such as curative health care, given the severe challenges that are inherently associated with it and its …

NITI Aayog banks on 'path breaking' Ayushman Bharat scheme for its 'strategy for new India'
6 years ago

NITI Aayog banks on 'path breaking' Ayushman Bharat scheme for its 'strategy for new India'

India TV News  

The NITI Aayog has called for accelerating the establishment of 1,50,000 Health and Wellness Centres under the Ayushman Bharat programme and making them operational on priority by 2022-23 to ensure sufficient coverage of affordable primary care and lower the burden on secondary and tertiary care. The Aayog in its 'Strategy for New India @75' document released on Wednesday stated that …

6 crore Indians slip into poverty annually due to medical expenses: AB-PMJAY CEO
6 years, 1 month ago

6 crore Indians slip into poverty annually due to medical expenses: AB-PMJAY CEO

India TV News  

About six crore people every year, or 7,000 people per hour, slip into poverty in India due to healthcare expenses, Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana CEO Indu Bhushan said here Saturday. The Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY programme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 23 is touted as the world's largest government funded healthcare programme aimed at benefiting 50 …

Opinion | Ayushman Bharat: a critical perspective
6 years, 2 months ago

Opinion | Ayushman Bharat: a critical perspective

Live Mint  

The Ayushman Bharat: National Health Protection Scheme has a defined benefit cover of ₹ 5 lakh per family per year covering over 10 crore families. Additionally, the states’ participation in the scheme mandates them to contribute funds for insurance, which naturally diverts funds allocated to building healthcare infrastructure within the state. The average per-capita health expenditure of the bottom three …

Our health scheme better than Ayushman Bharat, says Naveen
6 years, 2 months ago

Our health scheme better than Ayushman Bharat, says Naveen

The Hindu  

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday claimed that the State’s health insurance scheme was much better than the Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat programme, brushing aside criticism from Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. Mr. Patnaik’s assertions came a day after Mr. Pradhan had termed as “misleading” the Chief Minister’s claim that one crore cases were registered under the BSKY within 60 …

Ayushman Bharat: One lakh people benefitted under health insurance scheme, says J P Nadda
6 years, 2 months ago

Ayushman Bharat: One lakh people benefitted under health insurance scheme, says J P Nadda

Firstpost  

The health ministry has said the scheme will help in reducing expenditure on hospitalizations and help mitigate the financial risk arising out of catastrophic health episodes. New Delhi: Nearly a month after the rollout of the Centre’s PMJAY health insurance scheme, one lakh people have availed the benefits of the ambitious programme, Union Health Minister J P Nadda said on …

Discover Related