Government's introduction of Ayushman Bharat Scheme is an interesting piece to think of. The explicit intent is to provide health cover and medical services to those who can't afford. A noble intention one must say even ignoring the fact that there is already news of high scale corruption in the use of the scheme.
My view is it is a step taken too early, maybe for election purposes. The basic issue is unclean water for drinking, air pollution , garbage everywhere, start dogs, cats, rodents and so on. India is probably the dirtiest and the most country in the world.
In such a scenario, if these basic issues would have been taken care of first it would have made more sense and it is because of these issues that people are facing such severe health issues. I guess the country has given up on the intent to rectify these basic issues first and hence such shortcuts. What it means is that we should always be assured that we will be afflicted with some health issue or the other. The so called poor will get the benefits of Aushman Bharat. The rich don't need that anyways. It is the middle class who will suffer again and again...left to fend for themselves.
