• V. Sailaja Vani
• Jaladi Ravi
• K.A.S.P. Rama Raju

Recently health care and health insurance and health care finances gained much attention in India. Various states in India and central government has been taken attention and putting grater efforts to introduce health care insurance for the poor and below poverty families for their quality medical care and providing financial protection against very high medical expenditures. The successfully running Dr.NTR Vaidya Seva Health Insurance scheme in Andhra Pradesh among the different schemes implementing in the various states and government of Andhra Pradesh earlier similar scheme. The Insurance scheme covered around 18 lakh families are benefited during 2014 to 2018 in 13 districts of the state. The scheme started with 938 procedures covered earlier and has been gradually extended to 1044 procedures. The majority of beneficiaries utilizing the scheme are illiterate and have a rural address. Since inception of the scheme (02.06.2014) to December 2018 – various Medical camps were held by the network hospitals in rural areas and total Surgeries/Therapies done by under this scheme is 1764855worth of more than 4,632 crore in which government is 437691 and corporate hospitals 1327164.

NTR Vaidya Seva, Health Insurance, Community Health insurance, Healthcare, Healthcare Expenditure.

"Health Insurance in Andhra Pradesh: Dr NTR Vaidya Seva Health Insurance Scheme", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.431-438, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905A72.pdf

"Health Insurance in Andhra Pradesh: Dr NTR Vaidya Seva Health Insurance Scheme", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp431-438, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905A72.pdf