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(File)The Maharashtra government will launch the Ayushman Bharat health insurance scheme on Sunday. “The Ayushman Bharat and Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojana, state government’s health scheme, will be implemented jointly,” said Deepak Sawant, the Minister for Public Health. The scheme will be rolled out nationally and benefit 83.72 lakh families in the state, the government has said. They will get the Ayushman Bharat treatment in government hospitals and medical colleges. “As per the socio-economic and caste census of 2011, 83.72 lakh families have been selected for Ayushman Bharat and they will be entitled to get free medical treatment of Rs 5 lakh..