The Health Insurance Board has started an online system so that people can easily apply for new health insurance, renew their policies, and update KYC from their homes.
According to the board, citizens can now fill up the online forms by themselves without needing any registration assistants. The board have started this online service according to the ‘Electronic Health Insurance Enrollment and Policy Renewal Procedure, 2083’.
For paying the online fees, people can make payments using eSewa, Khalti, and ConnectIPS. Right now, there are 59 lakh 70 thousand 403 people enrolled in the health insurance program.
Cost and Benefit Structure of the Insurance
The board mentioned that a family with up to five members can get health services worth up to Rs 1 lakh by paying a contribution of Rs 3,500. If there are more members in the family, they will need to pay an extra Rs 700 per person. For this extra payment, they will get additional services worth Rs 20,000 per member.
Also, there is a provision where people can get extra treatment services up to Rs 1 lakh if they are suffering from eight types of severe diseases.
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