Thread by @RenukaJain6

"We are fully prepared, it's a big scheme, there is no start or end point, it's a continuum," said Indu Bhushan, CEO of Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana and NHA

#PradhanMantriJanArogyaYojana

2 Ayushman Bharat, popularly known as ModiCare, aims to provide Rs 5 lakh coverage to 10 crore poor families or nearly half a billion people

3 The scheme will cover medical and hospitalization expenses for almost all secondary care and most of tertiary care procedures. PM-JAY has defined 1,350 medical packages covering surgery, medical and daycare treatments including medicines, diagnostics and transport

4 31 states have so far signed memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with the Centre, and 26 of them, including all BJP-ruled states, will be rolling out the scheme on September 23.

5. Five states who have opted out of the scheme are Punjab, Delhi, Kerala, Telangana and Odisha.

Congratulations @ArvindKejriwal for denying poor in Delhi of this mega scheme

6 So far, nearly 9,000 private hospitals have got empanelled in the scheme, and another 3,000 applications are pending with the agency. large hospital chains like Medanta have joined the scheme, while Apollo Hospitals and Narayana Health expressed interest and will soon be part

7 if you still don’t appreciate this mega health insurance. Go out of your house and visit government hospitals where poor with critical diseases are begging for attention

Make all you know join this scheme. You will earn good karmas and our PM will get blessings of poor 🙏