West Bengal Starts Ayushman Bharat Health Scheme
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West Bengal has started a new health plan. It is called Ayushman Bharat. This plan helps people pay for medical care.
The state also has its own plan. It is called Mukhyamantri Swasthya Bima Yojana. Now both plans work together in the state.
The government picks people for the plan. These people are called beneficiaries. The government said how it chooses them.
Some people may not get their name on the list. The government said what these people can do next.
With this plan, people can get big discounts on medicine. The discount can be up to 80 percent.
The plan also covers many kinds of treatment. This includes organ transplant surgery. In total, 1,950 treatments are covered.
Vocabulary15 words
- health plan
- a system that helps pay for doctors and hospitals
- beneficiaries
- people who get help from a plan
- discount
- a lower price than normal
- organ transplant
- putting a new body part into a sick person
- treatment
- medical care for an illness
- government
- the people who run a country or state
- medicine
- something you take to feel better
- insurance
- money help for problems like sickness
- scheme
- an official plan
- state
- a big part of a country
- cover
- to pay for something
- list
- names written together
- hospital
- a place where sick people get help
- surgery
- a medical operation
- plan
- an idea for doing something
Quiz
Answer key
1. Ayushman Bharat 2. Up to 80% 3. 1,950
Fill-in-the-blank listening
Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
West Bengal has started a new health plan. It is called _____.
This plan helps people pay for medical _____.
The state also has its own plan. It is called Mukhyamantri Swasthya _____ Yojana.
The government picks people for the plan. These people are called _____.
The government said how it _____ them.
Some people may not get their name on the _____.
With this plan, people can get big _____ on medicine.
The discount can be up to _____ percent.
The plan also covers many kinds of _____.
This includes organ _____ surgery.
In total, _____ treatments are covered.