Overview

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
The national scheme seeks to ensure that every individual and/or family enjoy comprehensive In-patient and Out-patient covers to save them from the effects of unpredictable and catastrophic spending on medical bills. The national scheme is a social comprehensive cover and health facilities have been contracted by NHIF country wide to provide the services under the scheme. NHIF acknowledges that many families without health insurance cover have been pushed into abject poverty and inhumane treatments such as detention in hospitals for their inability to pay medical bills or worse still, by disposing off valuable family assets.