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Aiming for health cover to 500 mn, Modi launches Ayushman Bharat in Ranchi

Modi said nearly 13,000 hospitals would provide treatment under this scheme

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Modi visits an exhibition on Ayushman Bharat in Ranchi on Sunday photo: pti

Veena Mani Ranchi
Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi on Sunday launched the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana in Ranchi. The scheme aims at providing tertiary health care of up to Rs 500,000 for 500 million. Treatment for all beneficiaries started on Sunday across the country.

Modi said, “People can give it any name — Modicare or whatever — but I consider it service to the poor. People will have to study this scheme across the world and it will be the model health scheme.”

“This scheme covers more people than the US, Canada, and Mexico put together.” 

The PM said the launch happened

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