Punjab to launch health insurance scheme Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana
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in total 43.18 lakh families of Punjab would be provided the annual health cover of Rs five lakh.
Chandigarh: Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Thursday said that the state government is all set to launch its flagship universal health insurance scheme ‘Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana’ (SSBY) from July one.
The health scheme, first of its kind in the state, will provide annual health cover of Rs five lakh per family to 43.18 lakh families of Punjab. All the formalities for the launch of this universal health scheme are completed and 364 private hospitals of the state have been empanelled where the beneficiaries could get secondary care and tertiary care treatment, the Minister said after presiding over the first meeting of CM’s consultative group of a universal health insurance scheme.
He said that in total 43.18 lakh families of Punjab would be provided the annual health cover of Rs five lakh. He said that these families are comprising of 14.86 lakh PMJAY families, 20.48 lakh other poor families possessing blue cards, 7.84 lakh families from various departments like five lakh farmers under Punjab Mandi Board, 46,000 families under Excise & Taxation department and 2.38 lakh construction workers registered with construction worker’s welfare board.
Chandigarh: Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Thursday said that the state government is all set to launch its flagship universal health insurance scheme ‘Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana’ (SSBY) from July one.
The health scheme, first of its kind in the state, will provide annual health cover of Rs five lakh per family to 43.18 lakh families of Punjab. All the formalities for the launch of this universal health scheme are completed and 364 private hospitals of the state have been empanelled where the beneficiaries could get secondary care and tertiary care treatment, the Minister said after presiding over the first meeting of CM’s consultative group of a universal health insurance scheme.
He said that in total 43.18 lakh families of Punjab would be provided the annual health cover of Rs five lakh. He said that these families are comprising of 14.86 lakh PMJAY families, 20.48 lakh other poor families possessing blue cards, 7.84 lakh families from various departments like five lakh farmers under Punjab Mandi Board, 46,000 families under Excise & Taxation department and 2.38 lakh construction workers registered with construction worker’s welfare board.
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