So far, about 2 crore poor people in the country have got treatment under the Ayushman Bharat scheme. Sharing the burden of health care expenditure of poor families during the COVID-19 pandemic, the government informed that till now at least 1.99 crore poor people have received hospital treatment under the Ayushman Bharat scheme across the country. So far Rs 24,683 crore has been spent on this. As per the National Health Authority (NHA) data, so far around 16.20 crore eligible beneficiaries have been verified and provided Ayushman cards under the scheme.
The government said that there are 918 Health Benefits Packages (HBPs), which cover 1,669 procedures along with corona treatment and corona test. So far, a network of about 23,000 public and private hospitals have been linked with Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) across the country.
Earlier on Tuesday, the government said that under Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), 20.32 lakh samples were tested for COVID-19 till July 25 and 7.08 lakh patients were hospitalized. While giving this information in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Bharti Praveen Pawar said that public health is a state subject and response to the COVID-19 pandemic is primarily the responsibility of the state.
National Health Authority (NHI) is providing necessary support to the States and Union Territories to ensure free COVID-19 test and treatment to all eligible beneficiaries under AB-PMJAY. Pawar pointed out that the existing packages were used to provide treatment during the spread of the pandemic. Later, special packages were started for the testing and treatment of Kovid-19.
What are the scheme and their benefits?
Many schemes are being run by the central government, one of which is Ayushman Bharat Yojana. The Modi government has started Ayushman Bharat Yojana (Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana -PMJAY) to provide free and better treatment facilities to the poor families of the country. Under this scheme, each family is provided a treatment facility up to Rs 5 lakh in major hospitals. The most important thing about this plan is that the cost of treatment will not have to be paid by the person taking health insurance.