Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY and ABDM

• The National Health Authority (NHA), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) organized ‘Arogya Manthan’ to celebrate five years of Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) and two years of Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM).
• Both the flagship healthcare schemes aim to provide accessible, available, affordable and scalable healthcare to achieve the vision of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in India.

ABOUT AYUSHMAN BHARAT PM-JAY

• Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY was launched on 23rd September 2018.
• It is the world’s largest health insurance scheme.
• It offers a sum insured of Rs.5 lakh per family for secondary care and tertiary care across public and private empanelled hospitals.
  • There is no restriction on the family size, age or gender.
• The funding for the scheme is shared –
  • 60:40 for all states and UTs with their own legislature,
  • 90:10 in Northeast states and Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal and Uttarakhand and
  • 100% Central funding for UTs without legislature.
• Outcome
  • With 5 Cr free hospitalizations worth Rs. 69,000 Cr, scheme has not only ensured good health for crores of poor and downtrodden families but has also protected their families from catastrophic healthcare expenditure.

ABOUT AYUSHMAN BHARAT DIGITAL MISSION (ABDM)

• The ABDM, launched on 27th September 2021, is a very ambitious scheme of government aimed at creating a digital highway connecting different stakeholders of healthcare ecosystems.
• This will be achieved by creating a Digital Health ID for every citizen. This ID will then be linked to their health records. This will allow for seamless sharing of health records across different healthcare providers.
• The National Health Authority (NHA) is the implementing agency of ABDM.
• Outcome
  • Over last 2 years more than 45 Cr Ayushman Bharat Health Account (ABHA) have been created.
  • Further, more than 30 Cr health records have been linked to these ABHA accounts.
• Scheme aims at leveraging digital technologies to strengthen healthcare delivery.