The National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) has demonstrated its potential by recording a 43 per increase in income growth to a tidy Sh82.6 billion. This excellent performance in the financial year ended June 2022 was made possible by several enhanced schemes and sponsored programmes.
Though short of the Sh90.5 billion target, it exceeded Sh60 billion in the 2020/21 fiscal year. The national scheme raked in Sh34.4 billion while the statutory contributions amounted to Sh6.9 billion. The total benefits paid out in the 2021-22 financial year were Sh27.94 billion, against a Sh35.33 billion budget. This again proves how useful NHIF can be in mobilising resources for the provision of the essential service.
