“Faith Shaken”: Patients, Doctors Reveal Cracks in Ayushman Bharat Scheme

“Faith Shaken”: Patients, Doctors Reveal Cracks in Ayushman Bharat Scheme

That morning, around 5:30 a.m., Mumbai-based writer, actor, and filmmaker Divya Unny’s 79-year-old father, collapsed in his Mulund East home and needed urgent hospitalisation. Even though he held both a private health insurance policy and an AB-PMJAY card, she first chose to try accessing care through the government programme.Unny shared a reel about her experience with the Ayushman Bharat–Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY). The central…