Scheme has on-boarded 1,000 new hospitals in the last one month
Launched in September 2018, PMJAY, the national health protection scheme, offers insurance of up to Rs 5 lakh to 100 million poor households
There is a plan to identify a list of essential medicines, including antibiotics, painkillers, etc, which the company may supply to the Ayushman Bharat-empanelled hospitals.
Ayushman Bharat scheme provides an insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh to 100 million 'poor and vulnerable' families
The scheme is being used for secondary care more than tertiary care
PMJAY has not yet made a dent where it's most needed
The scheme is expected to benefit up to 55 million people, providing them an annual health cover of Rs 500,000 for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation through a network of EHCP
The Prime Minister will launch the scheme on September 23 but effectively it will become operational from September 25 on the birth anniversary of Jan Sangh co-founder Deendayal Upadhyay