The importance of ayushman bharat scheme cannot be denied but there are many challenges ahead in its successful implementation. Discuss.
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Several States still lack proper hospital infrastructure; bigger hospitals stay away due to the scheme’s lack of clarity
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that the government-sponsored health insurance scheme – Ayushman Bharat, now rechristened Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Abhiyan – would now be launched in less than a month-and-a-half.
It surely seems an ambitious target. However, as the deadline looms, challenges on the ground remain immense. Since a month now, close to 7,000 hospitals have applied to be empanelled, said the scheme’s CEO, Indu Bhushan.
“We have yet not closed the application process on the portal. Meanwhile, we are in the process of vetting hospitals. If the hospital does not adhere to norms infrastructurally, they cannot be a part of the scheme,” he said.
North-eastern states and others such as Bihar have poor hospital infrastructure to begin with, he explained.
Chandrakant Lahariya, who wrote a research article in Indian Paediatrics Journal about Universal Health Coverage and the proposed insurance scheme, also emphasised on this aspect. “In India, the capacity of the States to run insurance schemes is lowest where these are needed most. The success of the scheme would also depend on how supply-deficient Indian States such as Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and the north-eastern States implement the scheme,” Lahariya stated in the paper.
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