The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) will no longer settle Covid-19 bills for Kenyans remitting Ksh 500 or lesser premiums monthly. Quoting NHIF Chairman Lewis Nguyai, the Kimathi Street-based media house revealed that those who remitted Ksh1,700 would be fully covered. A hand holding a National Hospital Insurance Fund card. "Divide Ksh8 million and see how many families paying Ksh 500 will have deprived the fund. In a proposed bill before Parliament, NHIF has increased penalties for false insurance claims from Ksh 500,000 to Ksh10 million.

Source: Daily Nation May 30, 2021 05:03 UTC