The Vay Vandana Card serves as a key element of the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY), reinforcing the commitment to providing accessible healthcare for all.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday hit out at the Delhi and West Bengal governments for not implementing the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme out of 'political interests' and apologised to all the elderly people above 70 years of age in these two states.
On the ocassion of 9th Ayurveda Day, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi today launched, inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for multiple projects related to the health sector worth around Rs 12,850 crore at All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) in New Delhi.
Earlier, senior citizens used to get benefits from the health cover as part of the family. However, with the roll-out of extended cover, senior citizens aged 70 or above will get an individual cover of Rs 5 lakh.
The Ayushman Yojana is not currently available in Delhi, Odisha and West Bengal as these state governments have not implemented this scheme
Ayushman Bharat Health Insurance: In a major boost for India's senior citizens, the central government has approved an expansion of the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), providing health coverage to all senior citizens aged 70 and above, regardless of their income.
Ayushman Bharat health insurance: Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) under the flagship scheme Ayushman Bharat is the world’s largest health insurance scheme fully financed by the government.
Budget 2024: Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY is the world's largest health insurance scheme, designed to offer free medical treatment up to Rs 5 lakh to over 12 crore economically disadvantaged and vulnerable families, benefiting approximately 55 crore individuals.
This collaboration aims to streamline Ayushman Card processing, enhance outreach to beneficiaries, and contribute to the growth of the Ayushman ecosystem.
Ayushman Bhava is a government-sponsored health scheme that aims to provide qualitative, affordable, and accessible healthcare to citizens across India.
"I commend India for their steps in advancing Universal Health Coverage and the Ayushman Bharat scheme which is the world 's largest health assurance initiative," said the WHO chief in Gujarat.
Punjab news: The patients can continue to seek treatment at the institute as routine patients by paying the user charges or under other applicable welfare schemes.
The Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission aims to create a seamless online platform to enable information-sharing within the digital health ecosystem.
Addressing the 81st episode of 'Mann Ki Baat', PM recalled that 3-yrs ago, on Upadhyaya birth anniversary on Sept 25, "the world's largest health assurance scheme- Ayushman Bharat scheme was implemented."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the Ayushman Bharat scheme via video-conferencing to extend health insurance coverage to all residents of Jammu and Kashmir.
Under the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), over 1.26 crore hospital admissions have been authorised as of September 21.
Implementation of Ayushman Bharat in Bihar has crossed a major milestone with 51 lakh beneficiary cards being issued. With this, e-cards has been issued to more than 24.19 lakh families which are 22 per cent of the eligible families under the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY).
The National Health Authority on Thursday signed an MoU with the All India Transporters Welfare Association (AITWA) to provide healthcare services to truck drivers under 'Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana' (PM-JAY) scheme.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced that the state has decided to pull out of the Centre's Ayushman Bharat scheme.
The scheme will provide a cover of up to Rs 5 lakh per family per year, for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation through a network of Empanelled Health Care Providers.
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