After wooing Hindus, Valmikis and migrants ahead of 2014 lok Sabha elections, the SAD-BJP coalition Government in Punjab is all set to woo the poor by rolling out Rs 30,000 cashless health insurance cover for all. launching its ambitious Bhagat Puran Singh Sehat Bima Yojana on November 11, the Punjab Government would provide cashless health insurance cover up to Rs 30,000 to the blue card holder families enrolled under the state’s Atta-Dal scheme.
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal and his Deputy Sukhbir Badal would launch the scheme at a state-level function at Fazilka on November 11, said the state Health and Family Welfare Minister Surjit Kumar Jayani. The scheme would be launched in all 22 districts of the state and registration of beneficiary families would start on November 11, the day the scheme would be launched.
Jayani said that up to five members of the family, comprising the head of the family, spouse, and up to three dependents, could be enrolled under the Scheme.He said enrolment centres for registration of beneficiaries would operate at village and ward levels and finger prints and photographs of all five members would be required for enrollment and smart card will be issued on the spot at enrolment station.
Punjab Health Systems Corporation’s managing director Husan lal said that the medical coverage of Rs 30,000 could be availed either by any single member of the family or collectively by all members of the family. The beneficiaries could avail the cashless benefits by producing the card to the empanelled hospitals, he added.