Modicare: Step Towards A Healthy India

Government’s flagship National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS)also known as Ayushman Bharat Program and here after referred to as Modicare is all set to be rolled out on September 25. The scheme was launched in the Union Budget 2018 and will provide coverage of up to `5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care. The Indian healthcare delivery system is categorised into two major components - public and private. The public healthcare system comprises limited secondary and tertiary care institutions in key cities and focuses on providing basic healthcare facilities in the form of Primary Health Centre (PHCs) in rural areas. The private hospitals provide majority of primary secondary and  tertiary, care institutions with a major concentration in metros, tier I and tier II cities.  The scheme is set to cover 10 crore families, i.e almost 50 crore people...