Business Daily | by Edwine Barasa
Recent developments, where within one week, parliament shot down the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) amendment bill, and the NHIF announced a plan to expand the benefit package it offers to civil servants under an enhanced scheme, are a bitter reminder that the NHIF suffers from policy capture.
Policy capture occurs when public policies are consistently made at the behest of strong interest groups and at the expense of the public interest.
Policy capture protects the short-term gains of specific interest groups and undermines long-term gains that would benefit the larger society…
