| Name(s) |
AYUSHMAN BHARAT
YOJANA (Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana) |
| Date of
Launch |
Sep 23, 2018 |
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Description and events |
- The scheme consists of two major
elements:
- National Health Protection
Scheme - to provide cashless
treatment to patients
- Health and Wellness centres
(HWC) - to provide primary care
to the patients
- The government will upgrade
existing Public Health Centres to
Wellness Centres.
- Its benefits include inter alia
the following:
- Cashless Treatment at
Public/Private Healthcare
Providers
- Secondary and Tertiary
care hospitalization treatments
coverage 5 Lakhs cover per
family
- No cap on size of family or
age of family members
- Pre-existing diseases
covered from Day 1 of enrolment
of the scheme Portable across
India at all empaneled
healthcare Providers
- Fixed Transportation
Allowance payable from place of
residence to hospital
- AYUSH (Alternative Medicine
Systems other than Allopathic)
covered
- NHPS will subsume the
ongoing centrally sponsored
schemes such as Rashtriya
Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) and
the Senior Citizen Health
Insurance Scheme.
- The scheme would be the
largest state-funded health
insurance scheme and a massive
leap forward toward UHC, by
decreasing OOPE and protecting
around 40% vulnerable population
from catastrophic health-care
expenditure.
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