{"id":255502,"date":"2023-08-09T20:45:45","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T15:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=255502"},"modified":"2023-08-29T15:52:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T10:22:45","slug":"five-years-of-ayushman-bharat-a-shield-for-the-vulnerable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/five-years-of-ayushman-bharat-a-shield-for-the-vulnerable\/","title":{"rendered":"Five years of Ayushman Bharat: A shield for the vulnerable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> The post is based on the article \u201c<strong>Five years of Ayushman Bharat: A shield for the vulnerable<\/strong>\u201d published in \u201cThe Indian express\u201d on 9th August 2023.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus:<\/strong> GS2- Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The author discusses India&#8217;s healthcare scheme, Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY). This program provides free health coverage to millions, reduces medical costs, and ensures quality care.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are the important features of AB-PMJAY?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Read &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/answereddiscuss-the-features-of-pradhan-mantri-jan-arogya-yojana-how-it-would-help-in-ensuring-health-of-indian-citizens-especially-poor\/\">Features of AB-PMJAY<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What are the benefits of AB-PMJAY?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Out of pocket expenditure:<\/strong> It supports over 12 crore families, aiming to cover 50% of India&#8217;s population. It reduces out-of-pocket expenditure and enhances healthcare accessibility for all. It has saved over Rs 1 lakh crore in treatment costs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gender Equality:<\/strong> 48% of treatments under the scheme have been availed by women, promoting equal healthcare access.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Universal Health Coverage:<\/strong> Takes India closer to Sustainable Development Goal 3.8, ensuring quality healthcare regardless of economic status.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Easy Access:<\/strong> Over 27,000 hospitals accept the Ayushman Card for free treatment. Patients can receive care in any state with AB-PMJAY, benefiting migrants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fraud Prevention:<\/strong> Uses National Anti-Fraud Unit (NAFU) and state-level units, Aadhaar-based authentication, AI and ML technologies to detect frauds. Over 210 hospitals de-empaneled for violations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feedback System:<\/strong> Calls made to patients&#8217; post-treatment to assess service quality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cFive years of Ayushman Bharat: A shield for the vulnerable\u201d published in \u201cThe Indian express\u201d on 9th August 2023. Syllabus: GS2- Welfare schemes for vulnerable sections of the population by the Centre and States and the performance of these schemes. News: The author discusses India&#8217;s healthcare scheme,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/five-years-of-ayushman-bharat-a-shield-for-the-vulnerable\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Five years of Ayushman Bharat: A shield for the vulnerable<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10500,8131],"class_list":["post-255502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-indian-express","tag-social-issues","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255502\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}