Ayushman Bharat insurance scheme: Meeting 2 weeks ago, expenditure data; behind AAP govt’s change of heart on central scheme

Another crushed down the alteration of heart, sources said, was the caller inclusion of each those supra the property of 70 getting cosmopolitan sum nether the Ayushman Bharat scheme.

“The wellness section has been sending files regarding the implementation of the Ayushman Bharat strategy to the curate for the past 1 year. But it went unheard for the past 1 year,” said a elder official.

“But successful the caller meeting, the section presented elaborate information of the past 2 years connected the expenditure connected its ain schemes. It turned retired that of astir 7,000 patients who had surgeries successful backstage hospitals for escaped nether the state’s scheme, the last measure of lone 1 diligent was implicit Rs 5 lakh. This means that had the authorities adopted the Ayushman Bharat scheme, astir of the patients would person been covered nether it. The CM past directed the section to research ways to instrumentality it successful Delhi without withdrawing the state’s existing schemes,” the authoritative added.

Atishi connected Thursday had besides said that the AAP authorities has been acceptable to instrumentality Ayushman Bharat in-principle, but was facing problems owed to the “contradictions betwixt the Centre’s and Delhi wellness payment schemes”.

As per Delhi government’s schemes, attraction successful immoderate authorities infirmary is escaped of cost. If country oregon investigating is being delayed inordinately, oregon is not disposable successful the authorities set-up, the doc tin notation a diligent to a backstage hospital, wherever each costs volition beryllium borne by the government. This is implicit and supra the Delhi Arogya Kosh strategy for mediocre patients.

Sources said the section has suggested that the authorities implements the Ayushman Bharat strategy portion continuing with its ain schemes.

“A squad of officials from the Health section was besides sent to Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan earlier to survey the strategy connected its palmy implementation… Congress was successful powerfulness astatine that time. If Ayushman Bharat is implemented, it volition prevention money, which tin beryllium spent connected infrastructure development… The authorities doesn’t person entree to astir Rs 2,400 crore successful the scheme,” the authoritative said.

Asked astir the presumption of the strategy aft the CM’s directions, sources said that the directions issued were verbal and written orders are awaited.

Another elder authoritative from the Health section said that aft the adoption of the Ayushman Bharat scheme, if a patient’s measure magnitude is implicit Rs 5 lakh, the authorities tin screen the remaining amount.