Thursday, January 22, 2009

Government Will Launch An Insurance Scheme - Jan 22, 2009

For the poor and low- income groups, the government will launch an insurance scheme to get the best medical treatment in government as well as the private hospitals, the Governor Surjit Singh Barnala said on Wednesday. The scheme would benefit about one crore families and the insurance cover would be up to Rs.1 lakh. Mr. Barnala, in his address to the Assembly, said the government was aware that for the poor it was not possible to pay the treatment cost in private hospitals, especially for cancer, heart diseases, kidney failure, brain and spinal problems and life-threatening accidents.

Considering these facts, a new scheme, the Chief Minister''s Insurance Scheme for Life Saving Treatments, will be launched this year, which would enable the poor to get treatment for serious ailments in government as well as private hospitals. Each family will be insured for availing itself of free treatment up to Rs.1 lakh. The government will bear the entire premium. Apart from this, the State government would further increase the minimum support price for sugar cane. "On the basis of requests, the government has decided to raise it to Rs.1,100 a tonne. In addition, by bearing Rs.90 towards transport charges and providing, on an average, Rs.30 as recovery-based incentive,"

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