New Aarogyasri Cards Even If There Is No Ration Cards

By IND Today News Desk Last updated Mar 14, 2024

New Aarogyasri Cards Even If There Is No Ration Cards

Hyderabad, Mar 14 (Maxim News): The Telangana government will give new cards to the beneficiaries in the name of Rajiv Aarogyasri. Each family will be taken as a unit and issued cards with a unique ID similar to the cars issued by private insurance companies. Everyone in the family will be given a sub number. The same card will be linked to the health profile and the state digital health profile will be maintained.

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This process is likely to start after the Lok Sabha elections. This scheme has been implemented on the basis of white ration card. The government has decided not to link the ration card to Aarogyasri. The Cabinet also approved this decision in this context, how to identify the beneficiaries of the scheme? officials are working on it. They are thinking of applying the scheme to everyone irrespective of their ration card and financial status. Currently, On Aarogyasri the government spends Rs. 1,100 crores annually.

Officials estimate that if the scheme is applied to everyone, it will be an additional Rs. 400 crore. There are about 13 crore families in the state, out of which 90 lakh families have white ration cards. Of the remaining 40 families, about 15 lakh families are likely to get white ration cards. Only government employees and upper income families will be left behind.

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There are health insurance schemes for government employees, Singareni and Corporations, such as EHS, People doing software jobs and good private jobs are taking their own health insurance instead of depending on the government. Only people belonging to poor families are availing Aarogyasri scheme. In this context, officials say that applying Aarogyasrito all will not cause much financial burden.

It has been decided in principle to add some more procedures in addition to the existing treatments under Aarogyasri. About 72 new procedures have been identified so far. At present there are 1,670 treatment procedures under Aarogyasri, there is a chance to meet about another hundred of these. Also, the government has focused on price revision of packages. Aarogyasri is still maintaining the same package prices as when it started. Earlier prices were increased by ten per cent only for some procedures. The network hospitals want to increase the package rates according to the increased prices.

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As the previous government ignored the appeals of the hospital owners, Aarogyasri patients faced difficulties. As soon as the Congress government came, the Aarogyasri limit was increased from Rs. 5 lakh to Rs. 10 lakh. But, as the prices of the packages have not been revised, the old fashioned situation continues. If the patient goes to the Aarogyasri hospital, the hospital owners insist that they will treat them only if they collect additional money. As a result, patients have to pay extra money from their pockets.

The Tamil Nadu government is implementing the Traumacare package to provide free treatrment to patients in emergency conditions such as accidents, strokes, suicides etc. in private hospitals. As part of this package, the government is bearing the charges of upto Rs. 1 lakh for a patient admitted in Traumacare. The main objective of this scheme is to save the patient’s life by providing treatment in the golden hour. Health officers say that there is a possibility of implementing a similar method in our state.

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As part of this, there is a chance to bring a Trauma Care package under Aarogyasri. Officers say that hospitals with Aarogyasri empanelment and availability of speciality services can be used for trauma care. The government will pay the necessary money to the hospital. After the patient is stable, the treatment can be continued there or shifted to any other hospital as per the wish of the family members. (Maxim News)