The government-backed NHIF (Amendment) Bill 2021 will allow workers in corporate Kenya to increase contributions above the set range of between Sh150 and Sh1,700. The current set-up has seen many Kenyans exhaust their NHIF benefits, especially outpatient and costly diseases such as cancer, di...
National Hospital Insurance Fund(NHIF) has said that 5.7 Million Kenyans, or 54% of its 10.6 million members, have stopped making their monthly contributions, dealing the insurer a deadly financial blow. This high default rate comes as many households lose their jobs or are on half-pay due ...
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Kenya has prioritised the attainment of UHC by 2022 by expanding the NHIF after years of false starts. When former President Mwai Kibaki took office, the Health ministry introduced a minimal user fee for primary healthcare facilities. The National Social Health Insurance Fund Bill introduced in ...
Rural Private Hospitals Association of Kenya (Rupha) said it had submitted the claims through the national insurer’s online system over a year ago. The e-claims system at the NHIF targeted at weeding out fraud collapsed in August last year forcing it to revert to the ma...
Given that the NHIF has been designated as the vehicle to achieve UHC in Kenya, it is imperative that it is structured and operated in ways that promote equity in financing and access to healthcare for all Kenyans. However, the recent events cast doubt about the equity ...
If Kenya decides to go this route, it can also continue to augment NHIF’s funding with other funding sources including payroll taxes from the formal or organised private sector. The proposed amendments are a step in the right direction. However, there are potential landmin...
Workers in the informal sectors are not required to make compulsory NHIF contributions like their formal-sector counterparts. “All these people who have ever been members have come in and consumed a service. You have someone for instance who on realising they need a hip replacement, they join...
Patients visiting health centres for costly procedures such as diagnostic tests, dialysis, chemotherapy and radiotherapy sessions as well as those undergoing minor and major surgeries have in recent months been forced to pay upfront premium contributions as a pre-condition for the national insure...