AYUSHMAN BHARAT – PRADHAN MANTRI JAN AROGYA YOJANA (AB-PMJAY)

States joining it:

• AB-PMJAY will be integrated with Rajasthan’s existing state health scheme, Bhamashah Swasthya Bima Yojana (BSBY).
  • Rajasthan is currently providing benefits to 97 lakh families under the BSBY scheme, and many of the eligible families under AB-PMJAY are already covered under BSBY.
    
    
  • All eligible families will be made eligible to avail health benefits up to ₹5 lakh per year under the scheme.
    
    
  
  
  
• This leaves only Delhi, Telangana, Odisha and West Bengal out of the scheme.
  
  

Price Review:

• The Central scheme is also undergoing a price review of the over 1,000 medical packages being offered to patients to ensure sustainability and quality healthcare.
  
  
• For this, the government has set up committees of leading doctors from across the country.
  
  
• The Indian Medical Association has long been demanding a “reasonable and fair package rate” under Ayushman Bharat while consultants such as PricewaterhouseCoopers had said the rates were not sustainable for quality healthcare.