NHIF to raise benefits for top-up contributions Wednesday May 26 2021 By PATRICK ALUSHULA Summary The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) will offer additional benefits to members who pay above the legally set rates if changes to law that provide for the voluntary top-ups are adopted. The government-backed NHIF (Amendment) Bill 2021 will allow workers in corporate Kenya to increase contributions above the set range of between Sh150 and Sh1,700. The current set-up has seen many Kenyans exhaust their NHIF benefits, especially outpatient and costly diseases such as cancer, diabetes and kidney failure. The National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) will offer additional benefits to members who pay above the legally set rates if changes to law that provide for the voluntary top-ups are adopted.