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From left: ICEA Lion General Manager Business Development and Technical Services George Nyakundi, Minet Kenya Director Employer Benefits Lydiah Macharia and UAP Old Mutual Group Managing Director of Health Isaac Nzyoka during a roundtable on state of healthcare costs in Kenya in Nairobi yesterday. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]
The cost of healthcare incurred by Kenyans has overrun the general cost of living in households by almost half in the past one year, a report shows.
According to a survey by insurance brokerage firm Minet Kenya, general inflation in 2017, which stood at 8.02 per cent, was way below medical inflation which stood at 12 per cent.
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