{"id":31571,"date":"2020-10-16T07:29:39","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T07:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=31571"},"modified":"2020-10-16T07:29:41","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T07:29:41","slug":"megha-health-insurance-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/megha-health-insurance-scheme\/","title":{"rendered":"Megha Health Insurance Scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Meghalaya state government has approved the 4th phase of Megha Health Insurance Scheme (MHIS IV). Under this scheme, people will now get an enhanced insurance coverage of Rs. 5 lakhs (previously Rs. 2.8 lakh).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/current-affairs-quiz-2019-daily-gk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key-Points<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, this amount will now include all investigations and tests necessary for treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This fourth phase is in convergence with Central Government scheme of Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Swasthya Suraksha Mission (PMRSSM).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Megha Health Insurance Scheme (MHIS IV) will provide Health Insurance to 8.8 lakh families in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Highlights of this Scheme<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Meghalaya Health Insurance Scheme (MHIS), originally launched in December 2012, is all set to enter the 4th phase.<\/li><li>This 4th phase will be launched in convergence with Ayushman Bharat Yojana \u2013 PMRSSM<\/li><li>MHIS is a Universal Health Insurance Scheme to provide health insurance to all persons that are resident of the state.<\/li><li>Insurance coverage under MHIS is increased to Rs. 5 lakh from previous Rs. 2.8 lakh. Now the insurance amount is Rs. 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary hospitalisation,<\/li><li>However, state govt. and central govt. employees are excluded from this scheme.<\/li><li>Meghalaya govt. has launched this scheme in the FY 2012 to provide financial assistance to all the citizens at the time of hospitalisation and reduce out-of-pocket expenses of residents.<\/li><li>Till date, more claims worth Rs. 70 crore has already been given under MHIS III with more than 1 lakh patients taking advantage of medical treatment.<\/li><li>It is important to note that, 100% hospitals in the state are now included in MHIS Scheme.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meghalaya state government has approved the 4th phase of Megha Health Insurance Scheme (MHIS IV). Under this scheme, people will now get an enhanced insurance coverage of Rs. 5 lakhs (previously Rs. 2.8 lakh). Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020 Key-Points Moreover, this amount will now include all investigations and tests necessary for treatment. This fourth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":404,"featured_media":31572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,1278],"tags":[60,784,1314],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-31571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs","category-government-schemes","tag-government-schemes-current-affairs","tag-meghalaya-current-affairs","tag-meghalaya-government-schemes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31573,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31571\/revisions\/31573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31571"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=31571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}