Punjab will soon start enrolling 50,000 blue card holders per day under its ambitious Bhagat Pooran Singh Sehat Bima Yojana and complete the process by January 31.
State Chief Secretary Sarvesh Kaushal, during the meeting with the government officials and other stakeholders on Tuesday, asked all the Deputy Commissioners to utilise current enrolment kits to the full capacity, resolve all coordination issues with the Insurance Company, Third Party Administrators (TPAs) and software or Aadhaar issues with the state Food and Civil Supplies Department to achieve 100 per cent target within timelines.
The timelines of the enrolment process, issues in the process and other details of the scheme were discussed in detail in a progress review meeting of the scheme attended by the Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary Health Vini Mahajan, Punjab Health System Corporation managing director Hussan lal, representatives of United Insurance India Company, representatives of TPAs and all Deputy Commissioners of the state (through video conferencing).
Mahajan, giving details of the scheme, said that it was launched to provide cashless health insurance cover to 50,000 to 28 lakh blue card holder families enrolled under Atta-Dal scheme in the State. Approximately 3.78 lakh beneficiaries have already been enrolled.
All the beneficiaries will be issued smart cards, which will enable them to avail free medical services.
Reviewing the progress with the DCs, Kaushal asked the representative of United Insurance Companies and TPAs to resolve all UID or Aadhaar integration software issues with Department of Food and Civil Supplies in next three days.