Overview
- Ministers fanned out across Punjab to register families for health cards through door-to-door drives, camps, sewa kendras and online portals.
- Coverage applies to all 65 lakh families with no income cap, with eligibility verified via Aadhaar and Punjab voter ID, including government employees and pensioners.
- Cashless care is available at 823 empanelled hospitals across Punjab and Chandigarh, with more than 2,300 treatment packages and diagnostics included.
- Hospitals are to be reimbursed within 15 days, with the state saying it has paid an advance premium to operationalize cashless claims.
- Financing combines ₹1 lakh per family from United India Insurance with state funding up to ₹10 lakh, alongside a ₹1,200 crore budget provision that analysts say may be tested by high utilization and past arrears.