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MPs query plan for each spouse to pay for SHIF

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Health CS Susan Nakhumicha (right), NHIF CEO Elijah Wachira and KMPDC CEO David Kariuki before the National Assembly Department on Health and Senate Committees. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Questions have emerged over a requirement for each spouse to pay towards the new medical scheme.

In the Social Health Insurance Regulations, 2024, the contributor will pay separately for each individual spouse, under the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF).

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