The country applauds the revolutionary decision of the third Modi government. Free treatment for Indian citizens above 70 years. President Draupadi Murmu announced that under the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme of the central government, health coverage will be made available to all citizens of the country above the age of 70 years. The President was addressing a joint meeting of both the Houses of Parliament.
Free treatment under Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme for all Indian citizens above 70 years of age. There is only one requirement for that. You must be an Indian citizen. Must have central government documents proving legal Indian citizenship. In other words, those who have dragged themselves in will not get this benefit of the central government as now the various states will give free ration and shelter. Free treatment after 70 is now the privilege of every Indian citizen. President Draupadi Murmu said that free treatment will be provided to all Indian citizens above the age of 70 under the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme. The important announcement was made today in the President’s speech in Parliament
where President Narendra Modi presented the government’s policy programmes. We know when you get old, you will be thrown away. Orphanages and old age homes. India will support them now. Government will provide treatment. This does not mean government hospital treatment. After 70, treatment including kidney disease, liver disease, heart disease, cancer and all fatal diseases. Now we know that kidney disease, liver disease, heart disease, cancer treatment etc are not available in government hospital in Kerala. All serious diseases are covered by the Kerala government. When they come like this, the sick and the good trees are scattered all over the country. Now 70..every year it will be 60….50….40 by 2035 they will implement free treatment for all like developed country.
Addressing the joint session of Parliament, Murmu said that 25,000 Jan Ushadhi Centers are being started in the country and are progressing rapidly. President Murmu said that under Ayushman Bharat-Pradhana Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), 55 crore beneficiaries are being provided free healthcare services. Apart from this, the government is going to take another decision on this issue. “Now all senior citizens above the age of 70 will get the benefit of free treatment under the Ayushman Bharat Yojana,” the President said.
AB-PMJAY, the world’s largest publicly funded health insurance scheme, aims to provide health coverage of Rs 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization to 12 crore families. The President also stated that the steps to start 25,000 Jan Aushadhi Kendras across the country are in full swing. She added that free healthcare services of Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana are available to around 55 crore people of the country.
Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana is the world’s largest publicly funded health insurance scheme. The main objective of the scheme is to provide healthcare worth Rs 5 lakh per year to every family. About 12 crore families will benefit from this service. AB-PMJAY is the largest publicly funded health insurance scheme in the world. The target is to cover 12 crore people in hospitals with facilities for secondary treatment and advanced treatment to the tune of Rs 5 lakh per annum. State health agencies with responsibility for hospitals are responsible for selecting hospitals for the scheme.
Ayushman Bharat is a health insurance scheme for about 10 crore poor people in the country. The Ayushman Bharat scheme is a part of the central schemes Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana and Senior Citizen Health Insurance Scheme. It comes under the National Health Protection Mission. Up to Rs 5 lakh is available for treatments under this scheme. It comes under Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana and is known as PM Jai.
Ayushman Bharat – A scheme under the National Health Protection scheme that provides up to Rs 5 lakh for treatment to the poor. This scheme helps to get treatment in government and private hospitals across the country without paying money.
The packages will be implemented by the hospitals as per the advance directive given by the government to reduce the cost of treatment. This scheme will be implemented in the states through the Stage Health Agency. To ensure timely availability of medical funds, funds are released from the Center through the Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection Mission to the state health agencies through a special EXO account. Hence, treatment is not delayed or delayed due to non-availability of funds.
States may rely on the State Health Agency or any existing trusts or societies to implement the scheme. If not, some new agency can be established to implement it. This scheme is supervised at the central level.
The cost for this is to be borne jointly by the central and state governments. The premium for the total cost is to be paid through the insurance companies as per the directives of the Central and State Governments. 10.74 crore people from backward families and their families will benefit from this scheme. According to this, it will be implemented in the states and in each district of the states.
Under the Ayushman Bharat scheme, a family will get Rs 5 lakh. That means a family will get up to 5 lakhs. It can be used by a single person or by several members of the family. About 40 percent of India’s total population will benefit from this. Benefit is available under this scheme for secondary and territorial hospital expenses except for hospitals in the negative list. This is a project that will help ensure progress in the health sector for all. Under this scheme more people get employment and medical help.
Any age group and any number of family members can benefit from this scheme. Currently this scheme is available for any ailments. Expenses for three days before admission to the hospital and expenses up to 15 days after admission, including medicines and tests, are covered under this scheme. It is a portable type of insurance plan across the country.
