What is Ayushman Bharat?
The Ayushman Bharat Yojana has been implemented from 25th September 2018. It is a national healthcare
program that aims to protect 10 crore families and almost 50 crore individuals by providing a cover of Rs. 5 lakh
per year per family for the hospitalization expenses along with other medical services. The people to be benefited
have been marked on the basis of the Socio-Economic Caste Census. The two main objectives of this Modicare
scheme are:
program that aims to protect 10 crore families and almost 50 crore individuals by providing a cover of Rs. 5 lakh
per year per family for the hospitalization expenses along with other medical services. The people to be benefited
have been marked on the basis of the Socio-Economic Caste Census. The two main objectives of this Modicare
scheme are:
- To create a health infrastructure that can provide comprehensive primary health care services.
- To provide health insurance to 40$ of the country’s population, which is deprived of secondary and tertiaryservices.
Following are some key benefits of the Ayushman Bharat Scheme:
- The scheme covers all kinds of diseases, along with pre and post-hospitalization expenses.
- There is no bar in the scheme on the basis of gender, age, or family size.
- The state government will be forming a State Health Agency to implement the scheme.
- The health cover includes all secondary and most of the tertiary services.
Eligibility in rural and urban areas
- Family with disabled member and no able-bodied adult.
- Families with one room which has a ‘kutcha wall and roof’.
- Electrician and mechanic
- Beggar, sweeper, gardener and sanitation worker
- Construction worker, plumber, painter, cart puller, a rickshaw puller.
- Watchman, security guard, coolie and other head load workers.
- Family with female head and no male in the age of 16-59.
- SC/ST households
- Bonded laborers released legally.
- Home-based worker, handicraft worker and tailor
- Domestic Workers and ragpickers
- Family with a female head and no male in the age of 16-59.
READ IN DETAIL: All You Need to Know about Ayushman Bharat
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