Aarogyasri

Aarogyasri (Rajiv Aarogyasri) was a flagship healthcare program, introduced by Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh in 2007, before the AP Re-organisation. After split of state in 2014, in to Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, Aarogyasri became flagship healthcare scheme of Govt of Telangana and is administered by Aarogyasri Health Care Trust. The latest Government of Andhra Pradesh renamed the scheme in 2019 to Dr.YSR Aarogyasri. It covers those below the poverty line. The government issues an Aarogyasri card and the beneficiary can use it at government and private hospitals to obtain services free of cost.[1][2][3]

The Programme

Aarogyasri Scheme is the flagship scheme of all health initiatives introduced in April 2007 by Dr Y S Rajasekhar Reddy Government while he was the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh State with a mission to provide quality healthcare for the poor. The aim of the Government is to achieve "Health for All". In order to facilitate the effective implementation of the scheme, the State Government set up the Aarogyasri Health Care Trust under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister. The trust is administered by a Chief Executive Officer, an IAS Officer. The trust runs the scheme, in consultation with specialists in the field of healthcare.

The beneficiaries of the scheme are the members of Below Poverty Line (BPL) families as enumerated and photographed in White Ration Card linked with Aadhaar card and available in Civil Supplies Department database. Financial coverage (Height of Universal Health coverage) The scheme shall provide coverage for the services to the beneficiaries up to Rs.2.50 lakh per family per annum on floater basis. There shall be no co-payment under this scheme. Benefit Coverage (Depth of Universal Health coverage)The arogya sri scheme money is eligible to take in government hospitals

Enrollment

The beneficiaries of the scheme, the members of Below Poverty Line (BPL) families, as enumerated and photographed in BPL Ration Card and available in Civil Supplies Department database.

Extent of Cover

The benefit to the family is on a floater basis i.e. the total reimbursement of Rs.1.50 lakhs can be availed individually or collectively by members of the family. An additional sum of Rs 50,000 is provided as a buffer to take care of expenses if it exceeds the original sum i.e. Rs 1.50 lakhs per family. Excepting cost for cochlear implant surgery with auditory-verbal therapy is reimbursed by the trust up to a maximum of Rs.6.50 lakhs per case.

All transactions are cashless for covered procedures. A BPL beneficiary can go to any hospital either public or private and come out without making any payment to the hospital for the procedures covered under the scheme. The same is the case for diagnostics, if eventually the patient does not end up in undergoing the surgery or therapy.

Hospitals are mandated to conduct free health camp, thereby taking advanced evaluation at the doorstep of patient.

Point of Contact

All the Primary Health Centers (PHCs) which are the first contact point, area/district hospitals and network hospitals, are provided with help desks manned by AAROGYA MITHRAs to facilitate the illiterate patients. The Aarogyamithras were selected by the Zilla Samakhyas and Mandal Samakhyas under Indira Kranti Patham (Self Help Groups).

Excluded Treatments

The diseases specifically excluded from the list are high end diseases such as hip and knee replacement, bone morrow, cardiac and Liver transplantation, gamma-knife procedures in neuro surgery, assisted devices for cardiac failures etc; and diseases covered by national programmes viz., Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, leprosy, infectious diseases, malaria, filaria, gastroenteritis, jaundice etc.

To the extended RAS covers the treatments, it would no longer be permissible for the BPL holders to apply for relief for medical purposes under Chief Minister Relief Fund (CMRF).

Controversies

There is widespread misuse of the programme by hospitals.

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References
  1. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-31/hyderabad/38162471_1_private-hospitals-corporate-hospitals-government-hospitals
  2. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-24/visakhapatnam/39501271_1_world-schizophrenia-day-psychiatrist-ailment
  3. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/state-to-enhance-aarogyasri-rates-for-corporate-hospitals/article4677756.ece
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