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PM health scheme supports fraud: Congress

-The Telegraph

The party dubbed false the government’s claim that over 10 crore families will get insurance cover up to Rs 5 lakh for a premium of only Rs 1,100 a year

The Congress on Saturday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s much-hyped health scheme, Ayushman Bharat, was built on the wrong foundation, allowed corporates and private hospitals to mint money and incentivised fraud.

The party also dubbed false the government’s claim that over 10 crore families will get insurance cover up to Rs 5 lakh for a premium of only

Rs 1,100 a year. The Congress said that according to calculations by the Chhattisgarh government, the beneficiaries would get a cover of Rs 50,000 and a larger premium would be required to increase the amount.

Formally announcing that the Congress would include “right to health care” in its manifesto to be released on March 27 or 28, senior leader Jairam Ramesh highlighted the purported deficiencies in the Ayushman Bharat scheme, saying: “It does not assure health care to ordinary citizens. It is a lifeline for private hospitals and insurance companies.”

Ramesh added: “It incentivises fraud and over-treatment. Fraud, over-treatment and over-diagnosis are common risks in insurance-based health care. However, the government is making no serious investments on the capacity to monitor and regulate these issues even though the quantum of coverage is being ratcheted up to Rs 5 lakh.”

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