Pioneers in the healthcare insurance industry have called on the Federal Government to implement the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Act seven months after it was signed.
It is no longer news that health insurance is an important mechanism to prevent financial hardship in the process of accessing healthcare services. What is of great concern is the fact that since the launch of Nigeria's National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in 2005, only 59% of Nigerians have health insurance and 70% still finance their healthcare through Out-Of-Pocket (OOP) expenditure!