Asha, Anganwadi workers to collect data on people above 70 yrs of age to bring them under government health scheme
livemint.com₹ 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization."We have begun collecting data for the expansion of scheme. The aim is to include as many senior citizens as possible.
The Asha and Anganwadi workers has been roped in for the purpose and they have been asked to visit houses and find out families that have seniors aged 70 years and above," said a senior official.Also Read: Centre plans to restructure PM-AASHA with ₹28,100 crore corpus The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), in its election manifesto had announced that all senior citizens above 70 years of age and the transgender community will be covered under the healthcare scheme.The manifesto stated: “We have provided quality free health treatment of up to ₹5 lakh to poor families under Ayushman Bharat. We will continue to provide free health treatment by strengthening Ayushman Bharat and other such initiatives.
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