The performance of health insurance programme in Ayushman Bharat-India

Abstract

Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana is one of the largest fully Government-financed health protection Schemes of the world. Its main objective is to improve affordability, to improve accessibility, to provide quality of care. Its key feature is cashless to service for the beneficiary at the point of service. Senior citizen Health Insurance Scheme provided an additional annual coverage of Rs. 30,000/- per senior citizen in the eligible Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana beneficiary family. With the launch of Ayshman Bharat – Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana and Senior Citizen Health Insurance scheme has been subsumed in it.