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Even after making a budget allocation of Rs 34,000 crore for vaccination, the Centre seems keen to get the states and the private sector to cross-subsidise its procurement of vaccines there is no other rationale for multi-tiered vaccine pricing. A legitimate source of funding vaccine purchase is health insurance. All health insurance companies, including those providing State-sponsored Ayushman Bharat, can legitimately be asked to pony up the tab for procuring vaccines for everyone who is insured with them. After all, it makes sense for insurance companies to pre-empt having to pay for the hospitalised care for Covid of those insured with them.
NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday announced a slew of measures for beneficiaries of Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) who are afflicted by Covid-19, including free medical care to insured persons as well as family members in any of the 21 ESI hospitals designated as dedicated Covid care centres and reimbursement for Covid treatment at private institutions.
The labour ministry said each ESIC hospital will earmark at least 20% of its beds for Covid-19 care to ESI staff, pensioners and beneficiaries. It said an insured person under ESIC, who is unable to attend to work due to Covid, can claim sickness benefit for the period of absence for up to 91 days.
Coronavirus | ESIC starts dashboard for COVID beds
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In a statement, the Ministry said many ESI hospitals were treating COVID-19 patients and the “need of the hour is to increase the number of beds for COVID care”.
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In a statement, the Ministry said many ESI hospitals were treating COVID-19 patients and the “need of the hour is to increase the number of beds for COVID care”.
The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has started an online dashboard to show the number of beds available at its ESI hospitals, the Labour and Employment Ministry said on Thursday.
ESIC offers free treatment to beneficiaries afflicted by Covid-19
Extending a helping hand to its beneficiaries, who have been afflicted by the Corona virus infection, the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) on Thursday announced that all insured persons and family members are liable for availing free medical care in any of its hospitals, which have been declared as dedicated Covid centres.
Each ESIC hospital has been directed to function with a minimum of 20 per cent of its bed capacity reserved for ESI staff, pensioners and beneficiaries, according to Labour Ministry sources.
ESI beneficiaries can also seek emergency or non-emergency medical treatment from a tie-up hospital directly without referral letter, as per the person s entitlement.
Coronavirus | Punjab CM asks Centre for free vaccine from ESIC
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April 30, 2021 01:28 IST
Mr. Singh said such an initiative would be a progressive step towards covering the industrial working class of the country
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Mr. Singh said such an initiative would be a progressive step towards covering the industrial working class of the country
Amid the raging second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Thursday sought directives from the Centre for free vaccine from the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) for all its registered beneficiaries in the age group of 18-45 years.