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Ayushman Bharat Scheme: First health & wellness centre inaugrated in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh
▪ Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first Health and Wellness Centre in Bijapur, Chhattisgarh to mark the launch of Ayushman Bharat Yojana- National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM).
▪ The insurance scheme dubbed as Modicare was announced in Union Budget 2018 and was approved by Union Cabinet in March 2018 with budgetary support of Rs 10,500 crore. It is world’s largest government-funded healthcare programme.
➡ What is Ayushman Bharat Yojana
▪ It aims to target over 10 crore families belonging to poor and vulnerable population based on Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 (SECC) database.
▪ It will cover of Rs. 5 lakh per family per year, taking care of almost all secondary care and tertiary care procedures. There will be no cap on family size and age in the scheme.
▪ Under it, the government aims to set up 1.5 lakh wellness centres by 2022 that will leverage on comprehensive primary health care for preventive, promotive and curative care.
▪ Benefits covered under it include pre and post-hospitalisation expenses. It will also cover all pre-existing conditions from beginning of policy. It will also pay defined transport allowance per hospitalization to beneficiary.
▪ For giving policy directions and fostering coordination between Centre and States for implementation of scheme, Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection Mission Council (AB-NHPMC) will be set up at apex level.
▪ It will be chaired by Union Health and Family Welfare Minister. State governments are allowed to expand scheme both horizontally and vertically. They are also free to choose modalities of its implementation. They can implement through insurance company or directly through Trust/ Society or a mixed model
1NEW HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTRES
In a bid to make healthcare more accessible, new Health and Wellness centres are being established with USD 185 Mn already allocated. These centres will provide essential drugs and diagnostics services free of cost. The centres are also designed to provide comprehensive health care, including treatment and medication for non-communicable diseases as well as maternal and child health services.
AYUSHMAN BHARAT
1NEW HEALTH AND WELLNESS CENTRES
In a bid to make healthcare more accessible, new Health and Wellness centres are being established with USD 185 Mn already allocated. These centres will provide essential drugs and diagnostics services free of cost. The centres are also designed to provide comprehensive health care, including treatment and medication for non-communicable diseases as well as maternal and child health services.
2THE NATIONAL HEALTH PROTECTION SCHEME
The numbers behind the world’s largest government funded health care programme are staggering: It will provide hospitalization cover to over 100 million poor and vulnerable families. This also includes 500 million (approx.) beneficiaries. Finally, the scheme will provide coverage up to USD 7,700 per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization
3ENHANCED ACCESSIBILITY TO MEDICAL EDUCATION AND HEALTHCARE
Under Ayushman Bharat, an effort to provide quality medical education and healthcare is well under way. This is made evident by the 24 new government medical colleges and hospitals set to be established.