%0 Journal Article
%T Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana: A Paper Tiger
%A Imrana Qadeer
%A Sourindra M. Ghosh
%J Social Change
%@ 0976-3538
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0049085718821767
%X The current budgetary allocation of £¿20 billion under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) is grossly inadequate. Our paper estimates that in the current fiscal year, the scheme will require an allocation of at least £¿420.73 billion to be able to give any meaningful coverage to 0.1 billion targetted families. This paper argues that such an expensive tertiary sector- led medical care coverage model is not the correct approach to ensure Universal Health Care (UHC) in India. A majority of illnesses are treatable at the primary level and an unbalanced promotion of the tertiary sector while neglecting primary healthcare will cause a delay in treatments, resulting in more complex and expensive medical interventions. What India urgently needs is to develop a comprehensive primary healthcare system
%K Ayushman Bharat
%K health insurance
%K healthcare
%K UHC
%K PMJAY
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0049085718821767