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An yearly premium of ₹1,237.80 crore for the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme (CMCHIS) was paid to the United India Insurance Company. Under the scheme, implicit 1.45 crore families are covered, with the State paying a premium of ₹849 per household to supply wellness security benefits.
The magnitude of ₹1,237.80 crore comprised ₹1,173.66 crore towards 95% of the yearly premium for the sum play (January 11, 2026 to January 10, 2027), benefitting 1,45,51,697 families, successful summation to ₹64.13 crore being the remaining 5% premium from past year, Health Minister Ma. Subramanian said, soon aft handing implicit the cheque to the officials of the security company.
Since its motorboat successful 2009 by erstwhile Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, the CMCHIS has steadily expanded. Giving details of the yearly premium paid successful the past 3 years, helium said an magnitude of ₹1,200 crore was paid connected January 10, 2023, followed by ₹1,228.27 crore connected January 10, 2024, and ₹1,262.91 crore connected January 11, 2025.
‘Over 2.7 lakh enrolled’
Over the past 4 to 5 months, the Ungaludan Stalin and Nalam Kaakkum Stalin initiatives person been implemented crossed the State. While astir 10,000 camps were organised nether the Ungaludan Stalin programme, the camps conducted nether Nalam Kaakkum Stalin person astir touched 1,000. Through these camps, a full of 2,77,735 caller beneficiaries were enrolled nether CMCHIS, Mr. Subramanian said.
He said that aft this authorities assumed charge, astir 10 peculiar categories of persons were included nether the scheme. This included orphans, persons with disabilities, persons residing successful Sri Lankan Tamil exile camps, in-patients of intelligence wellness institutions, those residing successful homes for the aged, and members of transperson payment committee and operation workers payment board. As galore arsenic 7,56,873 radical belonging to these categories were brought nether CMCHIS coverage.
Mr. Subramanian said the authorities had accrued the premium per household from ₹699 to ₹849 and the yearly income bounds from ₹72,000 to ₹1.20 lakh. From 1,090 treatments earlier, the strategy present covered a full of 2,053 treatments, portion the fig of authorities and backstage empanelled hospitals has accrued from 970 to 2,157. The fig of high-end procedures covered nether the CMCHIS has accrued from 2 to eight.
Awards were presented to hospitals and doctors who performed good successful the strategy during 2025-26. Health Secretary P. Senthilkumar and Project Director of Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project S. Vineeth were present.
