User:MickGarner/Chief Minister's Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme
Chief Minister's Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme (CMCHIS) is an insurance scheme provided by the Government of Tamil Nadu to ration card holders in Tamil Nadu. The scheme provides coverage of upto Rs 5 lakhs for treatment of 51 life-threatening conditions, in both government and private hospitals. Since June 2020, the treatment of COVID-19 has also been included under this scheme.[1][2]
History
[edit]On July 23, 2009, the Government of Tamil Nadu introduced a new insurance scheme called the Kalaignar Kapitu Thittam[3] where the Government of Tamil Nadu provided 517 crores of rupees per year to the private insurance company as an insurance installment (premium) amount for one crore poor families. In July 2011, the scheme was upgraded and renamed as Chief Minister's Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme. On September 11, 2018, Central and State Governments shared the installments in connection with the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana scheme of the Government of India.[4] [[Category:Insurance]] [[Category:Government welfare schemes in Tamil Nadu]]
- ^ "தனியார் மருத்துவமனைகளில் முதல்வர் காப்பீடு திட்டத்தில் கொரோனா சிகிச்சை : சுகாதாரத்துறை". புதிய தலைமுறை. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ "தனியார் மருத்துவமனையில் ஃப்ரீ கொரோனா சிகிச்சை, இது இருந்தா!". சமயம். Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ "ஏழைகளுக்கான கலைஞர் காப்பீட்டுத் திட்டம் - ஆசாத் தொடங்கி வைக்கிறார்". ஒன் இந்தியா. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ "MoU between National Health Agency and Health and Family Welfare Department" (PDF). cmchistn. Retrieved 7 May 2021.