Chandigarh, July 16
Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh today gave a go-ahead to bring an additional 4.5 lakh farmers and their families into the ambit of health insurance cover under the Ayushman Bharat Sarbat Sehat Bima Yojana from the year 2020-21.
The scheme, which was launched by the state government on August 20, 2019, covered 5 lakh families in the year of its launch. It proved beneficial for the people of Punjab during the Covid crisis. The state government has also capped Covid-19 treatment charges in hospitals empanelled under the yojana.
The CM said the beneficiaries could approach any of the 546 empanelled private hospitals and 208 government hospitals for treatment of up to Rs 5 lakh for 1,396 diseases, including heart surgery, cancer, joint replacement and accident cases.
The board will pay the entire premium for the insurance cover of the farmers, who will get cashless treatment facility up to Rs 5 lakh per annum. The eligible farmers having ‘J’ forms and ‘sugarcane weighing slips’ will be required to submit documents at the market committee office or with the commission agent concerned by July 24. — TNS
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