Ministry of Health reveals when Kenyans will start contributing to the Social Health Insurance
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Kenyans could start contributing to Social Health Insurance Programme by March according to the Ministry of Health
Kenyans could start contributing to Social Health Insurance Programme by March according to the Ministry of Health.
The Ministry of Health has invited members of Kenyans for public participation in the regulations that will guide the implementation of the Social Health Insurance Act 2023.
This comes in the court lifted orders against the implementation of the Social Health Insurance Act.
Health CS, Susan Nakhumicha has released a statement in which she requests that the public share their opinions on the two sets of regulations through written memoranda or in person or virtually at meetings designated for this purpose.
The ministry is looking for feedback on the Social Health Insurance General Regulations 2024, which will govern the implementation of the Social Health Insurance Dispute Resolution Tribulation Regulations 2024, the Emergency Chronic and Critical Illness Fund, the Primary Healthcare Fund, and the Social Health Insurance Fund.
The public is also expected to give their views on the draft regulatory impact statement.
The regulations were amended to address the matters that landed the ministry in court which now state that every person living in Kenya will be required to register as a member of the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) for purposes of sub-regulation, this registration will begin 90 days after the regulations come into force, every person living in Kenya will access healthcare serviced under the primary healthcare fund.
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The new regulations have maintained the deductions for salaried employees at 2.75 percent per month, while unsalaried households will also pay 2.75 percent of their income per year, based on the assessment of the status through the means testing instruments that take into account housing characteristics, access to basic services, household composition and other socio-economic aspects of the households under review.
The least amount payable to the fund will be Ksh.300.
The collections will be made through the CS for Treasury at the national level, and CECs for Treasury activities at the county level.
The regulations do not address the issue of capping contributions and is one of the issues that the public will be expected to give their views on in the next three weeks.
The ministry will hope to compile and finalize the analysis of the feedback from the public, prepare a report on the same, and present it for approval from both the national assembly and the senate health committee, before gazettement and finally, implementation of the same.
This process is estimated to be concluded before March, and only then will the government begin deducting the contributions from Kenyans to finance this universal healthcare programme under the Social Health Insurance Act.
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