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‘Blatant lie,’ Chugh slams Punjab govt’s Rs 10 lakh free healthcare scheme
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Chugh also accused the Bhagwant Mann government of trying to fool the people with its scheme of cashless medical treatment, calling it a “blatant lie”.
The universal healthcare cover will be provided to all the 65 lakh families in Punjab, it said.
Now it is promising to provide Rs 10 lakh cashless health cover.
“Out of the Rs 10 lakh, the insurance company will provide coverage of only Rs 1 lakh per family, and the rest, Rs 9 lakh, will be paid through state funds,” Chugh claimed.
“The government, whose exchequer is empty, which raised a debt of Rs 1.25 lakh crore, taking the total outstanding debt to Rs 4.99 lakh crore, now claims to bear the cost of health cover,” Chugh said.