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How hospitals, teachers and their kin defrauded Sh5.6b medical scheme

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Man holding medicine.

Fraudulent ways that teachers and hospitals used to abuse the Sh5.6 billion government-funded medical cover have emerged, as the scheme contract is set to end this September.

Some teachers listed false beneficiaries while others made huge claims based on false diagnosis, threatening to cripple the multi-billion cover.

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