NO MORE WORRY OVER HEALTH BILLS

Effective and easy to use, the Ayushman Bharat PM Jan Arogya Yojana has made modern medical treatment affordable to millions

- By SONALI ACHARJEE

THE DRUDGERY

Private healthcare can involve ruinous expenses, and millions go bankrupt trying to pay medical bills they can scarcely afford. Most are resigned to never-ending queues at overcrowded government hospitals to get their loved ones medical care, especially since advances in healthcare have meant that many diseases that went untreated earlier can now be cured, whether in a metro or a nearby town. Universal health insurance seemed like a dream for Indians who could only envy healthcare systems in the UK or the Scandinavian countries. Until Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) came along.

THE EASE OF LIVING