Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the ambitious health insurance scheme called, Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (PMJAY)-Ayushman Bharat. The aim of this scheme is to provide health insurance cover to nearly 50 crore Indians. The scheme provides for Rs 5 lakh annual health insurance coverage to beneficiary families. The fact of this scheme is that the number of beneficiaries of PMJAY- Ayushman Bharat scheme is roughly equal to the population of Canada, European Union, Mexico or population of America taken together.

The first part of this scheme – health and wellness centres, was launched on Babasaheb Ambedkar’s birth anniversary, April 14 at Jangla in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district. The second part of this scheme “Health assurance scheme” was launched by PM Modi in Jharkhand capital, Ranchi- two days before the Deendayal Upadhyay’s birth anniversary.

This scheme covers 1,300 illnesses including some dangerous diseases like cancer and heart diseases. 13,000 private hospitals joined this scheme already, and this number will increase in the future. Scheme covers investigations, medicines and pre-existing illness are also covered.

PMJAY-Ayushman Bharat Yojana at a glance:

-Provides quality health services upto 50 crore peoples.

-This scheme provides cashless and paperless service to the patients.

-The goal of scheme is to provide quality health services without facing financial problems.

-When fully implemented, PMJAY will become the world's largest fully government-financed health protection scheme. Its stated objective is to attain Universal Health Coverage (UHC).

-As per 71st Round of National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO), 85.9 per cent of rural households and 82 per cent of urban households have no access to healthcare insurance/assurance. More than 17 per cent of the population spends at least 10 per cent of household budgets on health services.

To Know you are eligible or not for this scheme visit: https://mera.pmjay.gov.in/search/login