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Maharashtra Launched "Universal Healthcare Policy" : Co-branding PMJAY with MJPJAY

Content Editor: Dr. M Swathi Shenoy

July 17, 2023 at 12:05:09 PM

Insurance Coverage, Universal Health, MJPJAY, PMJAY

Content Editor: Dr. M Swathi Shenoy

  • Maharashtra became one of the 1st states to launch the “Universal healthcare policy,” which consists of co-branding the PM-JAY scheme with the state’s Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Jan Arogya Yojana (MJPJAY). The salient features of this scheme include:         

  • Five lakh cover to12 crore families, irrespective of the ration card color.      

  • Increased coverage to 1900 ailments 

  • This scheme will also:         

  1. Increase the number of empaneled hospitals and Jan Aushadi Kendras.     

  2. Strengthen the rural healthcare infrastructure.         

  3. Open 50-bedded critical care units in each district  

  • One crore beneficiaries will receive the co-branded card by August 2023, funded centrally by the National Health Authority.

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