One lakh benefitted under PMJAY health insurance scheme in one month of its launch
Nearly
a month after the roll out 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 Sunday.
The
Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (previously Ayushman Bharat), touted as
the world's largest health insurance programme, was launched pan-India
by the prime minister from Jharkhand on September 23.
"Prime
Minister Narendra Modi launched Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana on
September 23 and within a month, one lakh beneficiaries have benefitted
from it. We are committed to ensure the benefits of the scheme reach the
last man," Nadda said in a tweet in Hindi.
The scheme is expected
to benefit up to 55 crore people, providing them an annual health cover
of Rs 5 lakh for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation through a
network of Empanelled Health Care Providers (EHCP).
There is no cap on family size and age in the scheme.
On
October 5, two weeks after the launch of the PMJAY, Indu Bhushan, CEO
of National Health Agency, said around 38,000 people have availed the
benefits of the scheme.
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.
Over
9,000 hospitals have been empanelled for the scheme, and 32 states and
Union territories have signed MoUs with the Centre and will implement
the programme. Telangana, Odisha, Delhi and Kerala are not among the
states which have opted for the scheme.
PTI
