The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) plans to roll out mandatory new cover that will require all households to pay Ksh6,000 as annual fee.
The new scheme is modeled on ObamaCare which former US President Barrack Obama introduced during his tenure.
The Universal Health Care (UHC) program covers outpatient and inpatient services including maternity, dialysis, cancer treatment and surgery.
The government is using the move to shift from the current NHIF model that requires only workers in the formal sector to join.
In a Budget Policy Statement for the fiscal year 2012/2022, Ukur Yattani Kanacho, the Treasury Secretary noted, “Government focus is on the establishment of a mandatory UHC scheme to be managed by NHIF and regulated by the Ministry of Health and act as the national scheme for all persons resident in Kenya, notwithstanding one’s social status.”
He added that as the program is rolled out, the government is ready to sponsor one million vulnerable households for enrollment to it.
“Focus is also on provision of health insurance cover to initially one million households who are vulnerable and unable to meet even that low-cost premium," he said.
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