To provide Delhiites with easy access to advanced medical treatment, the city government is all set to introduce a healthcare insurance scheme that will cover critical illnesses. The scheme to be implemented from July 2010 will be called Apka Swasthya Bima Trust (ASBT), which will be headed by Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit.
According to Delhi health minister Kiran Walia, the process for identifying target population, private partners and sources for funding the scheme has already been initiated. Walia plans to visit Andhra Pradesh soon to study how a similar scheme is being implemented in that state. The Aarogyasri Trust of Andhra Pradesh runs a susidized healthcare scheme under which healthcare solution is offered to those suffering from critical illnesses of the heart, kidney, brain, and cancer, etc.
"Most of the currently operational government-sponsored health insurance schemes for instance, Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna (RSBY) of the Central government cover common ailments and are limited to primary and secondary healthcare requirements. The new scheme will address the need for tertiary and superspecialty healthcare. Initially, BPL and other vulnerable sections of society will be covered under the scheme. Later it may be expanded to cover all citizens," said a senior health officer involved with the project.
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