Ayushman Bharat

ABHA Card is a unique 14-digit digital health identity. Its primary function is to enable a person to store and access their medical records, such as prescriptions, lab reports, and hospital summaries, in a digitally secure format. Such records, upon the user's consent, could be shared with doctors, hospitals, or diagnostic centres, thereby lessening the need for paper files.

The country is expanding its subsidised healthcare system while gutkha is being consumed at an alarming rate.

Around 650-700 private hospitals in Haryana are set to withdraw from the Ayushman Bharat scheme starting August 7 due to pending dues of over ₹500 crore

The period following 2014 marked a significant and permanent shift in India's healthcare policy. Instead of piecemeal welfare schemes, India established a coherent, integrated system with sustained, long-term ambitions that encompassed out-of-hospital and community healthcare, clinical care, and public health.

AAP trolls claimed that a multi crore scam had been perpetrated in the Ayushman Bharat scheme, however, that is not true.

The association opined that the private hospitals were not able to manage their expenses while treating the patients under the Ayushman Bharat scheme, given no reimbursement from the government.

Notably, Khyati Hospital has been accused of abusing government health care programs like Pradhan Mantri-Jan Arogya Yojana (PM-JAY) by doing unnecessary angioplasty and stent treatments.

While Delhi and West Bengal have not adopted Ayushman Bharat scheme, data shows people in other opposition states are among major beneficiaries of the scheme