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Why making NHIF mandatory is no cure for high medical bills

NHIF board will determine the rate unemployed youth will pay to the fund. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

The jury is still out if changes to the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) Act will have any meaningful impact in bringing down the cost of healthcare in the country.

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