Some health experts said, the only way to overcome the health challenges in Nigeria is for the rich and the poor to have access to the same health care system through the National Health Insurance Bill.
According to one of the experts, the Managing Director, Ultimate Health, Lekan Ewenla, said, “A good health insurance scheme will help to curb the issue of self-medication and spiritualising of health challenges due to poverty.
He urged health practitioners to look for a way to deal with inflation without compromising the quality of healthcare services given to the people.
The scheme recommended a minimum of 2,500 enrollees per facility, but if a facility has less than the recommended 2,500, they will be operating at a loss. Enrollees in some facilities are not treated well because the primary provider that is the risk-taker does not have the recommended volume.
Earlier, the outgoing chairman of the board, Mr. Dahiru Muhammed, also stated that change was not easy to accept, adding that this had played out in the reception of Nigerians towards the health insurance scheme since 2005 when former President Olusegun Obasanjo introduced the legislation.
Regarding the health insurance bill and its implementation, Muhammed said, it will work, but it would be a herculean task because if we force it.
There would be a need for a lot of education, publicity, persuasion, and cajoling to enlist people into the scheme. The best way to go through it is to go through the local government.
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