Hospital

One of the two new initiatives announced under the Ayushman Bharat Programme - the National Health Protection Scheme - has turned out to be a game changer for Union Budget 2018. Among the world's largest healthcare schemes, it will provide an insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh annually to each of the 10 crore poor families. While some from the medical fraternity agree that the scheme would be a beneficial one, others say that if not implemented well, private hospitals might try to misuse it.