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New Delhi: Top officials in the Union health ministry said Thursday that the expansion of the Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) to the 70-plus age group, irrespective of their income status, will be rolled out within a week...
Using the Aadhaar for e-KYC in order to enrol for the scheme will be a must, said a senior health ministry official...
Under the AB-PMJAY, a flagship health scheme of the Narendra Modi government, beneficiaries are entitled to cashless hospitalisation coverage of up to Rs 5 lakh for secondary and tertiary-level healthcare in empanelled hospitals...
The government has estimated that India has a total of nearly 6 crore people who are 70 and above.However, since many of them are already covered on account of being of low-income groups, while others are beneficiaries of government health schemes such as the Central Group Health Scheme (CGHS), an additional 2.72 crore people from 1.96 crore families will now be added to the beneficiary pool...
Still, the government has also clarified that those in the 70 and above age group, who are covered under private health insurance policies or Employees State Insurance scheme (ESIC) will be eligible to avail benefits under the scheme...
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