New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the Prime Minister Jan Arogya Yojana, Health for Jammu and Kashmir under the Ayushman Bharat Scheme on Saturday (26 December). This scheme is also known as PM-JAY. “The Prime Minister will launch the Ayushman Bharat PM-Jai Health in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir through video conference on December 26 at 12 noon,” said a statement released by the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO). All residents of Jammu and Kashmir will be included in this scheme. ”Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Governor Manoj Sinha will also be present on the occasion.
Financial cover of Rs 5 lakh per family will be provided under the scheme
The statement said that the scheme provides free insurance cover to all the people living in the Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory. Under this, all residents of Jammu and Kashmir will be provided financial cover of Rs 5 lakh per family on floater basis. According to the statement, “15 lakh (approx) additional families will benefit from PM-Jai’s operational expansion.” The scheme will operate in conjunction with PM-Jay on insurance mode. The scheme can be availed anywhere in the country. Hospitals empaneled under the PM-JAY scheme will also provide services under this scheme. ”The empaneled hospitals under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) will provide health services.
Universal Health Coverage (UHC) encompasses a full spectrum of health promotion to prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and essential, quality health services and medical care. Through this, everyone has access to services, people do not have to pay for health services out of their own pocket and reduces the risk of people getting caught in the morass of poverty due to treatment. The two pillars of the Ayushman Bharat program – Health and Welfare Centers and Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana – envisage universal health coverage.
