gurugram the haryana government has raised the annual income eligibility cap for ayushman bharat yojana the centres flagship health insurance scheme from 12 lakh to rs 18 lakh the scheme provides medical coverage of rs 5 lakh per family per annumaccording to estimates haryana has around 12 crore people who can now be covered under this insurance scheme from november 16 the health department will start a campaign to enroll more beneficiariesin gurugram we will be organising awareness programmes at 10 different places we aim to issue 100 cards at each site said virender yadav chief medical officer gurugram auxiliary nursing midwives anm and ayushman mitras will register the eligible beneficiaries in these camps people will also be told about the benefits of this schemeof the over 35 lakh people in gurugram eligible under the scheme 93201 have already been issued the golden card that assures free treatment at empanelled hospitals and over the four years 8105 people have sought treatment at the 22 empanelled private and government hospitals in the district according to officialsa september 2019 study by the health department revealed that about 5000 people in gurugram declined to enrol in the scheme for unknown reasonsmeanwhile to strengthen the primary healthcare facilities in gurugram the health department is planning to add 20 more to its existing 64 health and wellness centres hwc centres in the next two years these centres are under the ayushman bharat schemethe hwcs screen all people above the age of 30 years for five common noncommunicable diseases and also for chronic infections to ensure that no individual is left out or denied care the health department will also develop linkages with mobile medical units to improve access and coverage in remote areas without hwcsthe benefits of the ayushman bharat scheme are portable across the country and a beneficiary is allowed to take cashless benefits from any public and private empanelled hospitals across the countryunder the scheme people from the economically weaker section can avail healthcare treatment along with three and 15 days of pre and posthospitalisation expenses respectively the scheme also covers around 1400 treatment procedures and ot expenses to control costs the payments for treatment are done on a package rate to be defined by the government in advance basis