Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said that governments scheme Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (PMJAY) has been a game changer in India's healthcare sector. Many people from the weaker sections avoided hospital treatment in order to avoid the burden of an unbearable payment. Today 40 per cent of India's poorest are assured of a treatment in a hospital at the cost of public expenditure Jaitley wrote in his blog. The Ayushman Bharat Scheme which was launched on September 23 2018 has completed 100 days. The scheme eyes providing benefit to 50 crore people by providing a
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