Bhaskar Exclusive: Government is preparing draft of health insurance, treatment of up to 5 lakh will be done at an annual premium of Rs 250-300

There is relief news for the people of India amid the threat of the fourth wave of Corona. The central government has made preparations to provide health insurance to all the citizens of the country. The world’s largest health insurance plan has been drafted. According to this, 8 and a half crore new families (40 crore people) will be included in the Ayushman Bharat scheme. These people are not yet covered under any health insurance plan. So far, a total of 69 crore people in the country are already included in the Ayushman Bharat scheme.

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As soon as the new scheme starts, a total of about 109 crore people in the country will be included in the Ayushman Bharat scheme. Apart from these, 26 crore people are already covered under different health insurance schemes. In this way, India will become the only country in the world to provide health insurance to 135 crore people. The important thing is that there will no longer be a condition of income limit to take advantage of Ayushman Bharat scheme.

There will no longer be a condition of income limit to take advantage of Ayushman Bharat scheme.

NHA has prepared the blueprint of the scheme
The National Health Authority (NHA) in collaboration with NITI Aayog has prepared the roadmap for this scheme. To take advantage of the scheme, every person has to pay Rs.250. 300 to Rs. Annual premium up to Rs. The government believes that on an average there are 5 members in a family. Accordingly, the annual premium of a family will be from 1200 to 1500 rupees. 5 lakh to every person in this. Free treatment up to Rs.

95 crore people in India have health insurance.

New health scheme will be the cheapest in the world
At present 5 lakhs received from any private insurance company. Annual premium of health insurance up to Rs.7 to 15 thousand. Happens till. In this sense, the new plan will also be the cheapest plan in the world. The new scheme of health insurance will be attractive because, it will also include the facility of getting treatment in private ward, which is not in the existing Ayushman Bharat scheme. In this, all types of diseases will be covered at the time of insurance or before. The plan may be announced in the next few months.

Under the scheme, all types of diseases will be covered at the time of insurance or before.

Who will get the benefit of this scheme?
For the current Ayushman Bharat scheme, the government pays an annual premium of about Rs 1,052 per family. According to sources, every person who is not currently included in any health insurance scheme will be eligible to join the new Ayushman scheme. About 70% of the country’s population is covered by some kind of health insurance. There is a preparation to include the remaining 30% of the population in the new Ayushman scheme.

People associated with agricultural work, private workers, daily wage earners, self-help groups, employees of cab companies like Ola-Uber, Zomato, e-commerce, truck drivers association, food business operators etc. will join this.

This includes people associated with agricultural work, private workers, daily wage earners, self-help groups, employees of cab companies like Ola-Uber, Zomato, e-commerce, truck drivers association, food business operators etc. Will be able to join In this regard, the officials of NHA have held a meeting with the insurance companies.

Treatment can be done in other states also
An official of the NHA said that under the new scheme, free treatment will be available in all the hospitals registered with PM-JAI. Patients will also get portability facility. That is, a person from any state will be able to go to another state and get treatment.