The Sehat Sahulat Program is a flagship social health insurance initiative launched by the

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in 2015, to provide health insurance for the citizens of

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, later expanded on a federal level by the

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in 2019. The program operates under the Sehat Insaf Card. It is designed to provide financial protection and access to quality healthcare services to the poorest and most vulnerable segments of society. The program was declared as universal by the PTI

government of

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in 2020 and was declared as universal by the PTI federal government of

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in 2021. The programme has been praised for its cost-effective provision of free healthcare for citizens. Under the Sehat Sahulat Program, eligible households are provided with free healthcare services, including hospitalization, surgeries, and diagnostic tests. The program covers a range of health conditions, including cancer, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and kidney diseases, among others. The program is being implemented in collaboration with the

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(NADRA), which is responsible for identifying eligible households and issuing health insurance cards. The health insurance cards are being distributed to the beneficiaries free of charge. As per a November 2023 report conducted by the

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(PIDE), the program has enrolled 43 million families by covering a 190 million population of the country, while over 14.6 million have used health facility in empanel hospitals.

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