Congress bet on health
After implementing the Right to Health Act in Rajasthan, Congress can demand this law in the whole country. The party is seriously considering this. It is being seen as a pilot project in Rajasthan. If it is successful, then in the 2024 general elections, Congress can bet on bringing it across the country. Congress argues behind this law that the party has given laws like Right to Health, Right to Education, Right to Food to the countries. After Covid, now common people in the country also need Right to Health.
Claim of free treatment up to 25 lakhs
After the law was implemented in Rajasthan, the party held a press conference in Delhi and told about it in detail. In this, it was claimed that people are getting free treatment up to Rs 25 lakh in Rajasthan. The way the right to health is being given in Rajasthan, in the same way it should be given in the whole country. The party said that the central government should implement it across the country. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said that Rajasthan has become the first state in the country to make Right to Health a reality. This has happened right after the state’s pioneering and unique Chiranjeevi Health Insurance Scheme. Other states should also adopt this model in the field of public health.
watch the elections
Congress is presenting Right to Health as a pilot project in Rajasthan. The party can promise to implement it in all other states in the next elections. She can also promise the same in 2024 general elections. The opposition has already played on the promise of implementing the old pension scheme. Opposition parties believe that nowadays voters are serious about any scheme or initiative only when some effect is visible on the ground. This is the reason that the old pension scheme has been implemented in some states, so now the debate on it has become serious. The central government was forced to find an answer to this.
justice plan
Congress strategists believe that in 2019, there was no voter connect with the monthly salary scheme ‘Nyay’ because it did not have a model. Now the Congress government in Chhattisgarh has implemented it, so it can be presented as a model.
Claim to connect with people
The logic behind implementing Right to Health in the entire country is that it is such an issue that common people can get involved with. Especially after Covid, both concern and need for health have increased among people. The Right to Health Act in Rajasthan states that private hospitals cannot refuse treatment in case of accidental emergency. The government will pay if the patient is unable to pay. Every person will get guaranteed treatment. Common people will like this provision.
But, there will also be a challenge of implementing it in a system struggling with resources. Along with this, there will have to be clarity about the budget required for this and what will be the guidelines.
coping with emotional issues
Opposition parties believe that to counter BJP’s emotive issues like Hindutva and nationalism, such issues will be needed across the country, which have a direct connect with the people. Such a scheme which will benefit the large population. In such a situation, in the coming days, the debate on Right to Health can be broadened by the Congress in the whole country.
Source: navbharattimes.indiatimes.com
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