Around 38,000 availed benefits under Ayushman Bharat scheme: Indu Bhushan, CEO, NHA

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"Around 38,000 people have availed the benefits of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana so far," said Indu Bhushan, CEO of the National Health Agency.
New Delhi: In two weeks since the roll-out of the Centre's ambitious Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), around 38,000 people have availed the benefits of the scheme, which has been touted as the world's largest health insurance programme, a senior official said Thursday. Also, around 70,000 people across the country have been given Gold cards which they can show at any empanelled government or private hospital to avail benefits under the scheme, said Dr Dinesh Arora,Deputy CEO of the National Health Agency (NHA), responsible for implementing the programme.
A Gold card means that family and individual verification of a person has been completed with biometrics. The Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM), renamed as PM JAY, was launched pan-India by the Prime Minister from Jharkhand on September 23.
Under the scheme, the government aims at providing a coverage of Rs 5 lakh per family annually, benefiting more than 10.74 crore poor families for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation through a network of Empanelled Health Care Providers (EHCP).
New Delhi: In two weeks since the roll-out of the Centre's ambitious Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), around 38,000 people have availed the benefits of the scheme, which has been touted as the world's largest health insurance programme, a senior official said Thursday. Also, around 70,000 people across the country have been given Gold cards which they can show at any empanelled government or private hospital to avail benefits under the scheme, said Dr Dinesh Arora,Deputy CEO of the National Health Agency (NHA), responsible for implementing the programme.
A Gold card means that family and individual verification of a person has been completed with biometrics. The Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM), renamed as PM JAY, was launched pan-India by the Prime Minister from Jharkhand on September 23.
Under the scheme, the government aims at providing a coverage of Rs 5 lakh per family annually, benefiting more than 10.74 crore poor families for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation through a network of Empanelled Health Care Providers (EHCP).
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