President Droupadi Murmu announced that all citizens aged above 70 years will receive free treatment under the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme. This declaration was made during her address to the joint sitting of Parliament in New Delhi. The Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) currently provides free health services to 55 crore beneficiaries and is recognized as the largest publicly funded health insurance scheme in the world.
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- President Droupadi Murmu announced free medical treatment for citizens over 70 years under the Ayushman Bharat scheme.
- The announcement was made during her address to the joint sitting of Parliament in New Delhi.
- The Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY) currently serves 55 crore beneficiaries.
- The scheme will now include all elderly individuals above 70 years of age.
- Beneficiaries will receive free treatment under the Ayushman Bharat Yojana.
- The government is rapidly establishing 25,000 Jan Aushadhi Kendras across the country.
- These centers aim to provide affordable medicines to the public.
- AB-PMJAY offers health coverage of Rs 5 lakh per family per year.
- The coverage is for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization.
- The scheme mandates State Health Agencies (SHAs) to empanel hospitals under the Hospital Empanelment and Management (HEM) guidelines.
