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A cancer diagnosis can be a life-altering event that comes with a host of overwhelming emotional, mental, and financial challenges. Patients and their families struggle with feelings of uncertainty about treatment costs, which can be difficult to manage due to the complexity of medical bills and insurance coverage. In such times of medical crisis, the government has programs to help offset the cost of needed care.
Here are 5 government schemes offered by the state of Karnataka to provide treatment aid to cancer patients:
A cancer diagnosis can be a life-altering event that comes with a host of overwhelming emotional, mental, and financial challenges. Patients and their families struggle with feelings of uncertainty about treatment costs, which can be difficult to manage due to the complexity of medical bills and insurance coverage. In such times of medical crisis, the government has programs to help offset the cost of needed care.
Here are 5 government schemes offered by the state of Karnataka to provide treatment aid to cancer patients:
The KCMMRF grants financial assistance to patients below poverty line suffering from life-threatening ailments to receive treatment in any of the enlisted government hospitals, or non-enlisted hospitals of national repute in the state of Karnataka.
Read more about KCMRF, here.
AB-ARK extends financial protection to patients living below poverty line that suffer from critical illnesses, to access primary, specified secondary and tertiary healthcare benefits at any of the enlisted hospitals within the state of Karnataka.
Read more about AB-ARK, here.
The VA insurance scheme was designed for patients below the poverty line suffering from critical illnesses, to increase their access to quality tertiary health care including hospitalisation, therapy and surgery.
Read more about VA, here.
RAB is a state-sponsored health insurance scheme for patients living above poverty line and suffering from life-threatening conditions, to avail affordable and accessible tertiary treatment.
Read more about RAB, here.
JSS is an insurance plan implemented by the Government of Karnataka that offers cashless medical aid to employees of the state government and their families, at any of the empanelled hospitals.
Read more about JSS, here.
The Health Minister’s Cancer Patients Fund, a component of the umbrella scheme of Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN), provides financial assistance to patients below poverty line suffering from cancer and undergoing treatment at Karnataka's Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology Cancer Research and Training Centre.
Read more about HMCPF, here.
The KCMMRF grants financial assistance to patients below poverty line suffering from life-threatening ailments to receive treatment in any of the enlisted government hospitals, or non-enlisted hospitals of national repute in the state of Karnataka.
Read more about KCMRF, here.
AB-ARK extends financial protection to patients living below poverty line that suffer from critical illnesses, to access primary, specified secondary and tertiary healthcare benefits at any of the enlisted hospitals within the state of Karnataka.
Read more about AB-ARK, here.
The VA insurance scheme was designed for patients below the poverty line suffering from critical illnesses, to increase their access to quality tertiary health care including hospitalisation, therapy and surgery.
Read more about VA, here.
RAB is a state-sponsored health insurance scheme for patients living above poverty line and suffering from life-threatening conditions, to avail affordable and accessible tertiary treatment.
Read more about RAB, here.
JSS is an insurance plan implemented by the Government of Karnataka that offers cashless medical aid to employees of the state government and their families, at any of the empanelled hospitals.
Read more about JSS, here.
The Health Minister’s Cancer Patients Fund, a component of the umbrella scheme of Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi (RAN), provides financial assistance to patients below poverty line suffering from cancer and undergoing treatment at Karnataka's Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology Cancer Research and Training Centre.
Read more about HMCPF, here.
If you find that you are not eligible to benefit from any of the above mentioned schemes, medical crowdfunding is also an option that is available to you. In times of need, support means everything, and with Milaap, you need not look any further. Milaap enables you to set up a fundraiser for any medical emergency within minutes, and you can easily raise funds for treatment expenses.
Do you know someone who could benefit from fundraising? Simply refer them to us and we’ll be happy to lend a hand.
Visit www.milaap.org or call us on +91 9916174848 to get started now.
For more information, write to us at cx@milaap.org.
If you find that you are not eligible to benefit from any of the above mentioned schemes, medical crowdfunding is also an option that is available to you. In times of need, support means everything, and with Milaap, you need not look any further. Milaap enables you to set up a fundraiser for any medical emergency within minutes, and you can easily raise funds for treatment expenses.
Do you know someone who could benefit from fundraising? Simply refer them to us and we’ll be happy to lend a hand. Visit www.milaap.org or call us on +91 9916174848 to get started now.
For more information, write to us at cx@milaap.org.
Anoushka Pinto