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Awareness of Ayushman Bharat scheme still low in TN -Radhika Merwin

-The Hindu Business Line

The letter issued by the Centre carrying the PMJAY scheme details has helped to a great extent

Ahead of her visit to Billroth private hospital in Chennai for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), Girija had no clue to the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme (CMCHIS), which had been running in the State for more than seven years.

The treatment that carries a package cost of Rs. 92,500 was done free of cost for her at the hospital, with the health insurance scheme making payments to the hospital. The card, issued in Girija’s husband’s name many years ago, had never been used in the past.

In fact, after her husband’s demise, she wasn’t even sure if the card could be used at all. Charulatha’s mother, who approached the Government Kilpauk Medical College, in Chennai, for treating her daughter’s severe bronchiolitis and pneumonia, was also unaware of the health scheme in the State.

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