Andhra Pradesh: New health policy to contain risk
7 years, 3 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: New health policy to contain risk

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Lack of co-ordination between the CMO and the NTR Vaidya Seva has put on hold a health scheme that would have financially benefited the populace as well as placed limited liability on the government. Details the new health scheme: The existing Arogya Raksha of NTR Vaidya Seva has been charging Rs 1,250 from each member of the family for a health cover while the new policy costs Rs 1,263 for the entire family. The government of Andhra Pradesh provides health insurance coverage to BPL families currently under NTR Health Scheme which run on trust model basis. In fact, while the Andhra Pradesh CMO has to still take a call on this, The New India Assurance Company, Regional Office based at Jaipur, Rajasthan has already been informed about the awarding of the contract for implementation of health insurance scheme called the Bhamasha Swasthya Bima Yojana, for the years 2017-19.

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JP Nadda Lauds Odisha for Drop in MMR, IMR
1 month ago

JP Nadda Lauds Odisha for Drop in MMR, IMR

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneshwar: Union Health Minister JP Nadda on Friday commended the National Health Mission for its crucial role in enhancing India’s public health outcomes. Speaking at the 9th National Summit on Good and Replicable Practices and Innovation in Public Healthcare in Puri, Nadda praised Odisha for its remarkable progress in key health indicators, particularly the significant decline in maternal and infant …

Stock to watch tomorrow: Vakrangee shares in focus after this tie-up with Aditya Birla Health Insurance
1 month ago

Stock to watch tomorrow: Vakrangee shares in focus after this tie-up with Aditya Birla Health Insurance

Live Mint  

The share price of Vakrangee will remain in focus on Thursday's trading session, after the announced a strategic corporate agency tie-up with Aditya Birla Health Insurance Company Limited, the health insurance arm of Aditya Birla Capital. This strategic collaboration aims to expand the reach of comprehensive health insurance solutions across the extensive Vakrangee Kendra network, particularly in underserved and remote …

NHA to roll out India’s health insurance scheme in Delhi after new govt’s approval
1 month, 1 week ago

NHA to roll out India’s health insurance scheme in Delhi after new govt’s approval

Live Mint  

New Delhi: A day after the recently formed Delhi government approved implementation of the Union government’s health assurance scheme, the National Health Authority is all set to roll it out, providing insurance coverage of ₹10 lakh per eligible family in the national capital. The Delhi government has approved a decision to join the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana …

Delhi Cabinet's first proposal to boost health schemes, aims one lakh beneficiaries under Ayushman Bharat
1 month, 1 week ago

Delhi Cabinet's first proposal to boost health schemes, aims one lakh beneficiaries under Ayushman Bharat

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: As Delhi prepares for the swearing-in of its Chief Minister-designate Rekha Gupta, the city’s bureaucratic machinery is all set to roll out central health schemes and extend a key initiative to all residents. According to an exclusive document accessed by TNIE, the health department has drafted a proposal to rebrand the Aam Aadmi Party's flagship Mohalla Clinics as …

Telangana: Damodar Rajanarsimha Assures Continuation of Aarogyasri Services
2 months, 1 week ago

Telangana: Damodar Rajanarsimha Assures Continuation of Aarogyasri Services

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government has assured the continuation of Aarogyasri services across the state following a meeting chaired by health minister Damodar Rajanarsimha with representatives of private hospitals. The discussion was to resolve long pending issues raised by the Telangana Aarogyasri Network Hospitals Association, which had led some hospitals to suspend non-emergency services under the scheme. The meeting, conducted in …

Odisha joins Ayushman Bharat, offering Rs 10 lakh coverage to 1.3 crore families
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Odisha joins Ayushman Bharat, offering Rs 10 lakh coverage to 1.3 crore families

New Indian Express  

In the history of Odisha’s healthcare, January 13 will be recorded in golden letters. While 33 states of the country joined the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana of the central government, Odisha, along with two other states, had not implemented this scheme. The first is the Health and Wellness Center, and the second is the Pradhan Mantri Jan …

Odisha becomes 34th State in the country to implement Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY
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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Odisha becomes 34th State in the country to implement Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The National Health Authority on Monday signed Memorandum of Understanding with the government of Odisha to implement Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana in the eastern state. With this agreement, Odisha has become the latest state to implement the PMJAY in convergence with the Gopabandhu Jan Arogya Yojana Scheme in the Odia heartland. AB PMJAY is the …

Odisha Joins Ayushman Bharat Scheme, Benefiting Over 1 Cr Families
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Odisha Joins Ayushman Bharat Scheme, Benefiting Over 1 Cr Families

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhubaneswar: The Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana has officially been launched in Odisha following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the National Health Authority and the state health department in New Delhi on Monday. The agreement was signed during a ceremony at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi in the presence of chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi, …

Odisha joins Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Odisha joins Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana

The Hindu  

Odisha became the latest State to implement the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana after the National Health Authority, under the Union Health Ministry, signed a memorandum of understanding with the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Odisha, on Monday. The Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana is not only the world's largest health coverage scheme …

Odisha joins Ayushman Bharat: 4.5 crore people to benefit
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2 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Aarogyasri services to continue as usual in private hospitals across Telangana
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Aarogyasri services to continue as usual in private hospitals across Telangana

The Hindu  

The Telangana Health Department has assured that Arogyasri health services will continue to operate in private hospitals, ensuring uninterrupted care for patients. After The Hindu reported that the State government owed approximately ₹1,100 crores to Aarogyasri Network Hospitals, Arogyasri CEO Siva Sankar Lotheti held discussions with representatives of the Telangana Aarogyasri Network Hospitals Association. Acting on the directives of Health …

Delhi Assembly elections 2025: Congress promises ₹25 lakh health cover under ‘Jeevan Raksha Yojana’
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Delhi Assembly elections 2025: Congress promises ₹25 lakh health cover under ‘Jeevan Raksha Yojana’

The Hindu  

The Congress on Wednesday announced the second of its guarantees, if voted to power, in the form of the “Jeevan Raksha Yojna,” which provides a health insurance guarantee scheme of ₹25 lakh for every citizen in Delhi. The health insurance scheme is the second of the five guarantees from Congress for the people of Delhi, following the launch of the …

Private hospitals to stop healthcare services for third day
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Private hospitals to stop healthcare services for third day

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada:Private hospitals would continue their suspension of health care services to patients at the out-patient department and through the Employee Health Scheme under NTR Vaidya Seva, for the third consecutive day on Wednesday. The private hospitals stopped providing healthcare services under NTR Vaidya Seva from January 6 all over the state. The health authorities said the previous government left dues …

We are in dire straits without funds for Dr. NTR Vaidya Seva scheme, say hospitals
2 months, 3 weeks ago

We are in dire straits without funds for Dr. NTR Vaidya Seva scheme, say hospitals

The Hindu  

Members of the Andhra Pradesh Speciality Hospital Association have demanded that the State government immediately clear the pending dues to all the hospitals offering services under the Dr. NTR Vaidya Seva Scheme. Addressing the media in Vijayawada on Saturday, ASHA president K. Vijay Kumar has said there had been no cash flow from the State government to hospitals since June. …

Odisha women to receive Rs 10 lakh insurance coverage under Ayushman Bharat
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Odisha women to receive Rs 10 lakh insurance coverage under Ayushman Bharat

Deccan Chronicle  

The initiative, set to roll out in February, aims to strengthen healthcare access for women and is a key component of the government’s broader healthcare strategy. The insurance coverage will be linked to the e-KYC database, ensuring seamless issuance of health cards and streamlined implementation. This scheme combines the benefits of the Gopabandhu Jana Arogya Yojana and Ayushman Bharat, offering …

Karnataka urges Centre to reconsider 18% GST on health insurance
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka urges Centre to reconsider 18% GST on health insurance

The Hindu  

The Karnataka government on Friday urged the Centre to reconsider the 18% Goods and Services Tax for the middle-income and low-income policyholders on health insurance. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 6, Karnataka’s Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao has urged him to recommend to the GST Council, which is due to meet on the September 9, …

Andhra Private Hospitals Threaten To Halt Non-Emergency Care Over Dues
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Andhra Private Hospitals Threaten To Halt Non-Emergency Care Over Dues

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Several private hospitals associated with the NTR Vaidya Seva Network have warned to stop healthcare services except for emergency care to patients under the scheme from August 15 in the state with an appeal to the state government to clear their dues. They maintained that though they intend to provide healthcare services without causing trouble either to patients or …

The burden of health care on India’s poorest
7 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Rajiv Aarogyasri Health Scheme in Telangana: Rs 10 lakh coverage, 163 procedures added
8 months ago

Rajiv Aarogyasri Health Scheme in Telangana: Rs 10 lakh coverage, 163 procedures added

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Enhancing the benefit under the healthcare services in the state, the Congress government on Monday announced that the health insurance cover under the Rajiv Aarogyasri Health Scheme will be increased from the existing Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh per family per annum. The government has added 163 new health procedures to the existing list of 1,672 procedures …

Telangana government brings more health procedures under Aarogyasri scheme
8 months ago

Telangana government brings more health procedures under Aarogyasri scheme

The Hindu  

The Telangana government has proposed revisions to the package rates under the Rajiv Aarogyasri scheme and announced the inclusion of new medical procedures. Additionally, 163 new procedures have been added to the scheme, under the enhanced health assurance coverage to ₹5-10 lakh per family per annum. “The Telangana government established a committee to review the Rajiv Aarogyasri package rates, which …

Budget 2024: Health insurers seek more attractive tax incentives—and a regulator
8 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Asha, Anganwadi workers to collect data on people above 70 yrs of age to bring them under government health scheme
9 months, 2 weeks 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 …

New govt will extend Ayushman Bharat scheme to Odisha, says BJP state chief
9 months, 3 weeks ago

New govt will extend Ayushman Bharat scheme to Odisha, says BJP state chief

Hindustan Times  

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party will soon implement the Ayushman Bharat scheme for the people living in and outside the state, the party’s Odisha unit chief Manmohan Samal said on Wednesday. Odisha Bharatiya Janata Party president Manmohan Samal with party leaders release the party's manifesto for the Lok Sabha polls Samal said the Biju Swasthya …

Naidu promises health insurance cover of ₹25 lakh to every family in Andhra Pradesh
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Naidu promises health insurance cover of ₹25 lakh to every family in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

TDP national president N. Chandrababu Naidu has said that every family in Andhra Pradesh will be provided with a health insurance cover of ₹25 lakh if the TDP-JSP-BJP alliance is voted to power. Citing that there is no provision for the digital mode of payment at liquor shops, Mr. Naidu alleged that 30,000 people had died in the State in …

Andhra Pradesh govt yet to release Rs 1,500 crore dues under Arogyasri scheme: ASHA
11 months ago

Andhra Pradesh govt yet to release Rs 1,500 crore dues under Arogyasri scheme: ASHA

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: The representatives of the Andhra Pradesh Specialty Hospitals Association stated that the government’s negligence in paying funds related to Arogyasri, Employees Health Scheme, and other health schemes in the State will make managing private hospitals extremely difficult. Dr Babu revealed that nearly Rs 1,500 crore of Arogyasri payments were yet to be released by the government and appealed to …

Praja Arogya Vedika urged Chief Minister Jagan to bring out Right to Health Act in Andhra Pradesh
1 year, 1 month ago

Praja Arogya Vedika urged Chief Minister Jagan to bring out Right to Health Act in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

Praja Arogya Vedika, an affiliate of the Jan Swastha Abhiyan, has appealed to Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy to bring out the Right to Health Act, which provides access to quality healthcare services to all citizens of the State. Sai Prasad and general secretary T. Kameswara Rao wrote to the Chief Minister on February 11, drawing his attention to …

Telangana government doubles coverage under Aarogyasri scheme to ₹ 10 lakh
1 year, 3 months ago

Telangana government doubles coverage under Aarogyasri scheme to ₹ 10 lakh

The Hindu  

The Telangana government on Saturday announced a substantial increase in the insurance coverage offered under the Aarogyasri scheme. At present, the Aarogyasri scheme extends its benefits to 90.1 lakh families falling Below the Poverty Line. Since the establishment of Telangana State in 2014, approximately 18 lakh beneficiaries have received complimentary medical treatment through the scheme. The scheme was conceived to …

Telangana | Free bus travel to women and enhancement of Arogyasri coverage to ₹10 lakh from Dec. 9
1 year, 3 months ago

Telangana | Free bus travel to women and enhancement of Arogyasri coverage to ₹10 lakh from Dec. 9

The Hindu  

The first Congress government, which assumed power on Thursday, has resolved to implement all the six guarantees it gave to the people in the run-up to the elections, in line with the aspirations of people who voted the party to power. The newly-constituted State Cabinet, which met here after the swearing-in of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and his Council …

Voluntary health insurance and its expansion
1 year, 8 months ago

Voluntary health insurance and its expansion

Hindustan Times  

With the launch of Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, insurance is no doubt set to play a dominant role in India as seen in other countries, in its path towards universal health coverage. These schemes form multiple risk pools extending from social health insurance like the Central Government Health Scheme and Employee State Insurance Scheme for formal employees to private …

Centre urges States, Union Territories to achieve 100% Ayushman Bharat card saturation
1 year, 8 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 …

TS pushes Ayushman Bharat, patients happy
1 year, 8 months ago

TS pushes Ayushman Bharat, patients happy

Deccan Chronicle  

ADILABAD: The state government, which has been criticised in the past for allegedly ignoring the Centre’s schemes, however, in a change of tack, is actively promoting the Ayushman Bharat scheme by opening accounts for beneficiaries and the needy to avail of benefits. Besides the Ayushman Bharat, the state government also got funds for constructing houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas …

Ayushman Bharat Arogya Karnataka: Team of officials to visit Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu to study health insurance schemes
1 year, 9 months ago

Ayushman Bharat Arogya Karnataka: Team of officials to visit Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu to study health insurance schemes

The Hindu  

Based on a high-level review of the Ayushman Bharat Arogya Karnataka health scheme, the State Health Department is now weighing the pros and cons of adopting the insurance mode of the health scheme over the existing assurance mode. To study the functioning of the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana /State health scheme on insurance mode and the relative advantages …

Aarogyasri benefitting 1.40 crore people, says minister
2 years, 2 months ago

Aarogyasri benefitting 1.40 crore people, says minister

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Housing minister Jogi Ramesh on Tuesday directed officials to resolve all complaints regarding Aarogyasri within the stipulated time. Jagan Mohan Reddy to provide all medical services to poor and middle-class people through Dr. YSR Aarogyasri scheme is fulfilled,” Jogi Ramesh underlined while participating in YSRC government’s “Gadapa Gadapaku Mana Prabhutvam” programme at Idugullapalli of Guduru mandal of Krishna district. …

Govt to Increase Ceiling Rate of Premium Paid Under Ayushman Bharat to Rs 1,500
3 years, 1 month 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 …

More a private sector primer than health-care pathway
3 years, 4 months ago

More a private sector primer than health-care pathway

The Hindu  

The central government’s flagship health insurance scheme, the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, aims to extend hospitalisation cover of up to ₹5 lakh per family per annum to a poor and vulnerable population of nearly 50 crore people. Apart from AB-PMJAY and State-level government health insurance schemes, small segments of the Indian population are covered under social health insurance …

Govt Healthcare Scheme Benefits 2 Lakh People In 20 Days: Tamil Nadu Health Department
3 years, 7 months ago

Govt Healthcare Scheme Benefits 2 Lakh People In 20 Days: Tamil Nadu Health Department

ABP News  

Chennai: Since the launch of the Tamil Nadu governments ambitious healthcare scheme named Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam on August 4, around 2 lakh people have received the benefits in just 20 days, the state's health department said. The department said in a statement on Wednesday that the maximum number of beneficiaries belonged to Ramanathapuram district with 13,589 indisposed people getting the …

Telangana to Implement Ayushman Bharat Scheme; Here’s All You Need to Know About PM-JAY
3 years, 10 months ago

Telangana to Implement Ayushman Bharat Scheme; Here’s All You Need to Know About PM-JAY

News 18  

Telangana Medical and Health department signed an MoU with the National Health Authority to join the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat Scheme PM-JAY. Here’s all you need to know about the scheme: The scheme offers annual cover of Rs 5 lakh per family for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization to over 107.4 million poor and vulnerable households, or about 530 million beneficiaries. …

Rajasthan govt to roll out health insurance coverage scheme on May 1, registration starts from Apr 1
4 years ago

Rajasthan govt to roll out health insurance coverage scheme on May 1, registration starts from Apr 1

India TV News  

Rajasthan will roll out its ambitious universal health insurance coverage scheme on May 1, the registration process for which will start from April 1, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said on Saturday. "We are going to implement the universal health coverage scheme from May 1 and registration will start from April 1," the chief minister said at a virtual programme of …

Will Telangana govt shun Aarogyasri?
5 years, 3 months ago

Will Telangana govt shun Aarogyasri?

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao is encouraging state health department officials to understand the central government health scheme, Ayushman Bharat. A senior doctor on condition of anonymity explained the state of the scheme: “The scheme was started by former chief minister the late Y.S. Ayushman Bharat will come as a new scheme for those below poverty line and also …

Kerala already a member of Ayushman Bharat, PM Modi misunderstood situation: State health minister
5 years, 9 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 …

India’s health care sector needs fresh ideas
6 years, 2 months 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 …

Our health scheme better than Ayushman Bharat, says Naveen
6 years, 4 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 …

Telangana won't opt for Centre's Ayushman Bharat scheme 'as of now'; sources say state health model to continue
6 years, 6 months ago

Telangana won't opt for Centre's Ayushman Bharat scheme 'as of now'; sources say state health model to continue

Firstpost  

According to official sources, one of the reasons for Telangana not joining Ayushman Bharat scheme for the time being was because of the state’s Aarogyasri scheme that covers nearly 80 lakh families Hyderabad: Telangana has not joined the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana - Ayushman Bharat, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Jharkhand Sunday ‘as of now’ and would …

Telangana says no to Ayushman Bharat scheme
6 years, 6 months ago

Telangana says no to Ayushman Bharat scheme

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Ayushman Bharat scheme will not be implemented in Telangana state as the government finds that there is wider health coverage under Aarogyasri scheme where 70 per cent of the population is covered whereas in AB there will be only 80 lakh people who will be covered. The below the poverty line bar in Aarogyasri scheme was very high …

Opinion | PMJAY: The promises and challenges of a bold experiment
6 years, 6 months ago

Opinion | PMJAY: The promises and challenges of a bold experiment

Live Mint  

The Narendra Modi government is better known for its economic programmes such as infrastructure and ease of doing business, than its social programmes. In contrast the Ayushman Bharat—Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, a health insurance scheme announced in the last budget, will only be launched on 23 September, towards the fag end of this government’s tenure. However, the promises and …

Taking a cue out of health insurance schemes down south
6 years, 6 months ago

Taking a cue out of health insurance schemes down south

Hindustan Times  

Ayushman Bharat, the government’s flagship health insurance scheme, has rekindled the hope for moving towards universal coverage of hospitalisation costs in India, but the initial spark was ignited by Yeshasvini, the health insurance scheme for rural farmers and peasants, initiated on a modest scale in Karnataka in 2003. The Tamil Nadu health insurance scheme spent about ₹225 per enrollee in …

Modi brainchild Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana to benefit 1.18 crore families in Uttar Pradesh
6 years, 6 months ago

Modi brainchild Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana to benefit 1.18 crore families in Uttar Pradesh

Op India  

The announcements made by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Independence Day from the ramparts of the Red Fort, are steadily being validated. Uttar Pradesh state Health Minister Sidharth Nath Singh on Tuesday announced on Tuesday that around 1.18 crore families from Uttar Pradesh will be benefited by Rs 5 lakh health insurance under Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana. While …

Govt to launch flagship Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme on 25 September
6 years, 7 months ago

Govt to launch flagship Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme on 25 September

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Centre’s flagship scheme Ayushman Bharat—National Health Protection Mission will be launched on 25 September this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday during his speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the country’s 72nd Independence Day. The government decided to start the scheme in order to provide good healthcare facilities to the poor and …

Govt's ambitious healthcare scheme to be launched on Sept 25: PM Narendra Modi on 72nd Independence Day
6 years, 7 months ago

Govt's ambitious healthcare scheme to be launched on Sept 25: PM Narendra Modi on 72nd Independence Day

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday announced that his government will launch an ambitious healthcare scheme on September 25 this year which will benefit 50 crore citizens of the country. In his last Independence Day address from the ramparts of the Red Fort ahead of the next Lok Sabha election, he said the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Abhiyaan will be …

‘Govt is committed to take public expenditure on healthcare up to 2.5% of GDP’
6 years, 9 months ago

‘Govt is committed to take public expenditure on healthcare up to 2.5% of GDP’

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Union cabinet in March approved the centrally Preeti Sudan, secretary, ministry of health and family welfare, spoke in an interview about the scheme, implementation procedures and its long-term implications on healthcare in India. Previously, health insurance schemes such as Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana and similar state health insurance schemes have not been quite successful in India. A …

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