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Guwahati, Sep 25 (PTI) In a bid to increase enrolment under the ‘Ayushman Bharat’, a health insurance scheme, the Assam government will launch an initiative to help eligible people get e-cards under the welfare programme at their nearest state-run health centres, a minister said on Saturday.<\/p>\n
State Health Minister Keshab Mahanta said there are 27 lakh eligible families in the state, though all have not been covered under the ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana’ .<\/p>\n
The penetration will be increased through the initiative, ‘Aapke Dwar Ayushman’.<\/p>\n
“To ensure that eligible beneficiaries can get their e-cards under the scheme at their nearest government health centres, the state government will launch the ‘Aapke Dwar Ayushman’ initiative,” the minister said.<\/p>\n
The outreach programme will be taken right up to the health sub-centres and mini public health facilities, he said.<\/p>\n
The cashless health insurance scheme provides a coverage of Rs five lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation across public and private empanelled hospitals in the country.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has held discussions with Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma about the centrally-sponsored health insurance scheme and stressed on the maximum coverage of eligible beneficiaries, Mahanta told reporters.<\/p>\n
The ‘Aapke Dwar Ayushman’ has also been launched in states where the coverage under the PM-JAY was found low.<\/p>\n
Mahanta also said ‘Arogya Mitra’ help desks will be made more active in hospitals so that patients can easily get cashless treatment facilities.<\/p>\n
He also urged people to enrol for the “Atal Amrit Abhiyan” (AAA) run by the state government.<\/p>\n
Under the AAA scheme, each person is given cashless medical expense coverage of Rs 2 lakh per annum if annual family income is less than Rs 5 lakh per annum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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