Prime
Minister Narendra Modi launched Centre's flagship Ayushman Bharat-National
Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM) from Ranchi on Sunday, reported news agency
Press Trust of India (PTI). However, the scheme will now become operational
from September 25 on the birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay.
The ambitious
Ayushman Bharat scheme, renamed the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Abhiyan
(PMJAY) aims to provide coverage of Rs. 5 lakh per family annually,
benefiting more than 10 crore poor families, according to a release issued by
PIB (Press Information Bureau).
1. The
Ayushman Bharat scheme will target poor, deprived rural families and identified
occupational category of urban workers' families, 8.03 crore in rural and 2.33
crore in urban areas, as per the latest SECC (Socio Economic Caste Census)
data.
2. This
cover will take care of almost all secondary care and most of tertiary care
procedures.
3. There
will be no restriction on family size, age and gender under 'Ayushman Bharat'
scheme to ensure that nobody is left out (especially women, children and
elderly), the PIB release added.
4.
A beneficiary covered under the
scheme will be allowed to take cashless benefits from any public/private
empanelled hospitals across the country.
5. The
benefit cover will also include pre and post-hospitalisation expenses.
6. All
pre-existing conditions will be covered from day one of the policy.
7. A
defined transport allowance per hospitalization will also be paid to the
beneficiary, the PIB release said.
8. Eligible
people will be able to avail the benefits in government and listed private
hospital.
9. The
Ayushman Bharat scheme will be funded with 60 per cent contribution coming from
the Centre and remaining from the states.
10. Over
8,735 hospitals, both public and private, have been empanelled for the scheme,
and as many as 31 states and union territories have signed MoUs with the Centre
to implement the programme, a PTI report said.
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