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Karnataka faring poorly on Ayushman Bharat?

The Centre has claimed success with its flagship healthcare scheme, Ayushman Bharat. However, in Karnataka, implementation faces numerous challenges related to human resources and infrastructure.  Karnataka administers Ayushman Bharat under the scheme Ayushman Bharat-Arogya Karnataka (ABArK). Recently, it has been reported that community health centres (CHCs) are underperforming in relation to the scheme with understaffing …

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Traditional medicine centres for the Armed Forces

Traditional medicine centres are being opened to cater to members of the Indian Armed Forces, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Union Ministries of Defence and Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homoeopathy (AYUSH).  The MoU was signed at the inauguration of a traditional medicine centre by Shripad Yesso …

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Abhijit Banerjee hails Ayushman Bharat

Abhijit Banerjee, the joint recipient of the 2019 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, has endorsed Ayushman Bharat, the Centre’s flagship health insurance scheme.  The Indian-born American economist, who shared the prize with Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for their work in reducing poverty, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “In just two decades, their new …

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100 Mohalla clinics in Delhi, more to come

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated another 100 Mohalla clinics in the city over the weekend, taking the total number of such facilities in the national capital to 300.  The ultimate target is 1,000 clinics, with the state government aspiring to construct 500 by the time of Legislative Assembly elections next year. “It has been …

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Hospital admissions: Nine every minute under Ayushman Bharat

In its first year, Ayushman Bharat led to nine hospital admissions every minute for those covered under the scheme. Ayushman Bharat, or the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), has allowed beneficiaries to avail fifty lakh treatments according to Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan. “The Ayushman Bharat family is growing by leaps and bounds,” …

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Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana: More hospitals enlisted

The state government in Punjab has enlisted an additional 125 privately run hospitals to bolster its health scheme, the Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana.  The state-specific initiative, which builds upon the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat scheme, aims to provide health insurance to more than three quarters of the state’s population. It was launched on August 20th this …

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World Health Organization boost for Ayushman Bharat?

The World Health Organization (WHO) will provide support to implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY), or Ayushman Bharat, the Centre’s flagship scheme on health.  The initiative has been lauded by WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who heralded its first 100 days earlier this year and praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and …

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Employment opportunities boost under Ayushman Bharat

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has framed his government’s flagship health insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat as an employment opportunities boost in recent remarks. Within the next five to seven years, eleven lakh jobs will be generated by the initiative – officially known as the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) – the Prime Minister anticipated earlier …

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IMA raises concerns over Ayushman Bharat

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has spoken out on the Centre’s flagship health insurance scheme, Ayushman Bharat, raising some misgivings about the initiative and suggesting improvements. Perhaps the main criticism was the insurance-based model, with IMA national president Dr Santanu Sen questioning “why should it be done through insurance companies by paying fifteen percent to …

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How to deal with corrupt hospitals? Shame them.

One of the major issues facing flagship health insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat has been fraudulent practices by empanelled hospitals. At the time of writing, 111 hospitals have been de-empanelled – and to deter further corrupt practices by empanelled hospitals, the Centre will name and shame them on the official Ayushman Bharat website.  “As part of …

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