PM Modi Says Ayushman Bharat Insurance Plan Will be A ‘Game Changer’.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY)’ scheme, considered as the world’s largest government-funded healthcare programme covering over 50 crore beneficiaries.
PM Modi said this scheme is a “game-changer initiative to serve the poor”, which would come into effect from Sunday, is a step towards serving the poor people of the country.
“PMJAY-Ayushman Bharat is the biggest government-sponsored healthcare scheme in the world,” Modi said.
“The total number of beneficiaries from Ayushman Bharat is more than the population of America, Canada and Mexico combined. Organisations across the world will study Ayushman Bharat to study how the government funded this large-scale scheme,” said PM Modi.
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