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Expert: Planned contribution to NHIF is bad for poor households

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Fund report reveals out of 15.4 million members, only 6.7 million are active. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

Change of contribution model at Kenya's public health insurer from individual to household-based, will not scale up the Universal Health Coverage (UHC), according to experts.

In its 2023 Budget Policy Statement (BPS), the National Treasury stated that the restructuring of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF), will ease the burden facing most Kenyans, by focusing on households, rather than individuals.

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