Within a month of its launch, the Indian government’s health insurance program Ayushman Bharat-Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojna (AB-PMJAY) provided medical benefits to more than 100,000 patients. Indu Bhushan, CEO of Ayushman Bharat, said that currently 14,000 hospitals were empaneled or were in the process of being empaneled in the...
India's Ayushman Bharat Healthcare Program to Launch on September 15
Ayushman Bharat, also known as the National Health Protection Mission, that will offer free healthcare for underprivileged citizens of India, will be launched on from September 25, 2018. It will benefit more than 100 million 'poor and vulnerable' families -- at least 500 million individuals, or about 40% of the...