Vijayawada, Sept. 5 -- The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) today criticised the Andhra Pradesh government's plan to hand over the 'Aarogyasri' health scheme to private insurance companies, alleging that the move is designed to benefit coalition leaders and will harm the poor.
In a statement, YSRCP NTR District Doctors Wing Chairman Dr. Ambati Naga Radhakrishna Yadav said that the move to privatise the scheme, instead of strengthening it under government control, would lead to malpractices and deny timely care to the needy.
He pointed out that the previous YSRCP government had shifted the scheme to a Trust Model to ensure transparency and accessibility after irregularities were found in the earlier insurance model. Dr. Yadav feared that by reve...