SHILLONG: With the policy period for the Megha Health Insurance Scheme II (MHIS II) set to expire on October 31, the government has asserted that it will not abandon the scheme as it has benefited thousands of people in the State.
Secretary of the Health and Family Welfare Department, HM Shangpliang, told The Shillong Times that the department is in no mood to abolish a “beautiful scheme” like MHIS. He said the tender process is on to select a new insurance agency and that the process would be over soon.
The policy period for MHIS II was from August 1, 2015, to July 31, 2016, and it was extended for another three months.
In MHIS II, the October 2013 electoral database was used for enrolment and altogether 3,46,548 beneficiaries were enrolled in the second edition of the health cover scheme. Claims generated from 71,532 households till September 30 amount to Rs 47,08,07,159.
The scheme covers 210 hospitals, including 109 primary health centres, 15 private and 44 private hospitals outside the State.
The second phase was designed in convergence mode with the existing central health insurance scheme, Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana, which provides Rs 30,000 cover to families below the poverty line. The State’s health scheme, on the other hand, provides enhanced coverage of up to Rs 2 lakh to all families, excluding State and Central government employees.
