Impact of Ayushman Bharat PMJAY on Healthcare Inequity in India | Public Health Forum

AB-PMJAY was launched in 2018 with the vision of making healthcare more equitable in India. AB-PMJAY, an improved version of the previous national level government health insurance schemes, is crucial in India's ambitious journey toward Universal Health Coverage. A team of researchers from Association of Socially Applicable Research (ASAR) assessed the impact of government funded health insurance schemes, focusing mainly on PMJAY, on making healthcare more equitable. Dr Sweta Dubey, co-founder ASAR and the lead author of the report, shares their findings and sheds light on a burning question - Has PMJAY made health more equitable in India?

0:00 - Introduction
2:26 - History of government funded health insurance schemes in India.
5:00 - What is PMJAY?
8:00 - How is PMJAY financed?
12:30 - Per state funds received under PMJAY
13:33 - PMJAY - Geographic inequity
20:14 - PMJAY - Public vs Private Health facilities
22:40 - PMJAY - Inequitable access due to gender
24:02 - PMJAY - Inequitable access due to age
27:31 - PMJAY - Inequitable access due to caste
28:54 - PMJAY - Inequitable access due to religion
29:59 - Current limitations of PMJAY and possible solutions
36:40 - Questions from the audience