The nationwide launch is expected in September end. The ambitious scheme aims to provide a coverage of Rs 5 lakh per family annually for over 10 crore poor families of the country. Reports say the ...

India's improvements on the HAQ Index hastened from 2000 to 2016. Even as ambitious universal healthcare coverage for India’s poor families, Modicare, is yet to kick in, the country has shown progress ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially announced the Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Scheme popularly referred to as ModiCare in his Independence Day speech. The scheme, which will be ...

After years of Budget speeches that have had little to say on health and have provoked even less discussion on the subject, it was a surprise to find almost every commentary on Budget 2018 – presented ...

Modicare can transform not just the lives of the poor, but also improve the behaviour of the insurance and healthcare sectors It is not often that Indian residents want to on-board a scheme for Bharat ...

Modicare set for big I-day launch: 28 states on board, insurance companies not! What Ayushman Bharat CEO says (Image: PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi is most likely to launch ambitious Ayushman ...

India needs universal health coverage. Is “Modicare”, due to begin politically conveniently on Independence Day, in an election year, the way to provide it? Putting more money into healthcare is vital ...

"It is essential to ensure that we free the poor of India from the clutches of poverty due to which they cannot afford healthcare," he added. The Ayushman Bharat scheme aims to provide a coverage of ...

Bengaluru: India’s ambitious National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS), dubbed “Modicare”, proposed in the Union Budget 2018, will be part of a pharmaceutical policy to be announced soon. In what is ...

Last week the Union cabinet signed off on Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM), the ambitious social welfare programme announced in the Union budget for 2018-19. It set the ...

'The government is abdicating its responsibility on healthcare' 'Just to start this scheme, it will take a minimum till October 2018 and elections are coming in 2019, so before that this can go into ...