evidence: Ashwini Vaishnaw while announcing the Cabinet's decision while addressing the media said that this will benefit approximately 4.5 Crore families with six (6) crore senior citizens with 5 Lakh rupees free health insurance cover on a family basis. [...] Additionally, for those who are already covered under AB PM-JAY, an additional top-up cover of up to ₹5 lakh per year will be provided exclusively for the senior citizen, without the need to share it with other family members below the age of 70. [...] AB PM-JAY, the world's largest publicly funded health assurance scheme, provides a health cover of Rs. 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization to 55 crore individuals, corresponding to 12.34 crore families. The scheme covers all family members, irrespective of age, and has already covered 7.37 crore hospital admissions, with 49 percent of the beneficiaries being women. The public has benefited to the extent of over Rs 1 Lakh crore under the scheme.