22nd February, 2018
Kenyans on social media woke up to shower praises on the fund for having scrapped the requirement for members to choose a particular hospital in advance from where they could seek outpatient services. The National Hospital Insurance medical scheme is a social health insurance operated by NHIF. The scheme commenced out-patient services in July 2015. The scheme is yet another of the various health insurance products offered by the NHIF such as Civil Servants & Disciplined Services Medical Cover, Health Insurance Subsidy Programme for the poor, and elderly and people with severe disabilities. The National Health Insurance Scheme is affordable and all inclusive with the following features:
i. No exclusions for all medical conditions except cosmetic procedures
ii. No upper age limit for members to join
iii. No limitation on the number of declared dependants