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Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY)
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Odisha became the 34th state to implement the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY).
About Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY)
- The AB-PMJAY, launched in 2018, provides health cover of Rs 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation to around 550 million individuals, corresponding to 123.4 million families.
- The scheme is fully digitized and covers approximately 45% of India's population.
- PMJAY currently has a network of 30,985 empaneled hospitals—both private and public—with a 12,881 share of private healthcare providers. They offer over 2,000 treatment procedures across 27 specialties.
- The scheme has been recently extended to all senior citizens aged 70 and above, irrespective of their income status. This extended scheme is known as the Ayushman Bharat VayVandana, and is part of the PM-JAY scheme.
- AB PM-JAY will be implemented in convergence with the existing Gopabandhu Jan Arogya Yojana (GJAY) in Odisha.
- It will provide a cover of Rs 5 lakh per family per annum with additional Rs 5 lakh for women members.
- A total of approximately 1.03 crore families will come under the converged scheme with 67.8 lakh families supported by the Union Government.
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