People Daily | by Hillary Mageka
Covid-19 patients will now have to foot medical bills from their pockets after the government said the national insurer cannot meet its costs.
Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) cannot afford to foot the medical costs of Covid-19 patients in public and private hospitals.
“It is not practical for NHIF and private insurance companies to cover pandemics,” Kagwe told a Senate committee on Health yesterday…
