Goa became the first state in India to launch Swarnajayanti Aarogya Bima Yojana providing health insurance cover for the entire resident population of the State.ICICI Lombard will be the implementing agency for the new health insurance cover.
Scheme provides for meeting expenses of hospitalisation for medical and/or surgical procedure including maternity benefit to the enrolled families’ upto Rs 60,000 per family per year subject to limits in any of the government and private hospitals and nursing homes.Under the scheme, pre existing conditions/diseases are to be covered from day one. The benefit to the family will be on floater basis and a sum insured of Rs 60,000 can be availed individually or collectively by members of the family per year.The scheme covers family comprising of household head, spouse and upto three dependents resident of Goa for over five years. A beneficiary will have to pay 100 rupees to the insurance company at the time of enrollment.
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On 19 December 1961,Goa was liberated and made a composite union territory with Daman and Diu.On 30 May 1987,Goa was conferred statehood and Daman & Diu was made a seperate union territory.
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Scheme provides for meeting expenses of hospitalisation for medical and/or surgical procedure including maternity benefit to the enrolled families’ upto Rs 60,000 per family per year subject to limits in any of the government and private hospitals and nursing homes.Under the scheme, pre existing conditions/diseases are to be covered from day one. The benefit to the family will be on floater basis and a sum insured of Rs 60,000 can be availed individually or collectively by members of the family per year.The scheme covers family comprising of household head, spouse and upto three dependents resident of Goa for over five years. A beneficiary will have to pay 100 rupees to the insurance company at the time of enrollment.
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On 19 December 1961,Goa was liberated and made a composite union territory with Daman and Diu.On 30 May 1987,Goa was conferred statehood and Daman & Diu was made a seperate union territory.
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