Stressing the role of the government as a model employer providing social security, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the Left Democratic Front (LDF) had been putting forward an alternative policy to the notion that governments should withdraw from welfare activities. He was speaking after launching Medisep, the cashless health insurance scheme for State government employees and pensioners, here on Friday.
The scheme is expected to benefit more than 30 lakh people, including government employees, pensioners and their families, teaching and non-teaching staff of aided schools and colleges, and part-time contingent employees. It envisages cashless treatment facility to beneficiaries through an insurance company and a network of empanelled hospitals for a basic benefit package of ₹3 lakh per annum for the policy period of three years.
