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health insurance coverage characteristics FAQ


Rod, new people just like you, with icons just like you, have been asking this about every other day.

The question is extremely vague, and probably intended for point gaming, but the coverage characteristics vary by policy or program.


Rod, new people just like you, with icons just like you, have been asking this about every other day.

The question is extremely vague, and probably intended for point gaming, but the coverage characteristics vary by policy or program.


Medical Necessity


Vary wildly.

They only cover things that are medically necessary - nothing cosmetic.

It's not standardized. You pick the coverages at the time you buy the policy. The more coverage you have, the more the insurance cost

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Determinants for participation in a public health insurance program among ...

21.05.12 The government of Kenya is making plans to implement a social health insurance program by transforming the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) into a universal health coverage program. This paper examines the determinants associated with participation in the NHIF among residents of urban slums in Nairobi city.

Methods: The study used data from the Nairobi Urban Health and Demographic Surveillance System in two slums in Nairobi city, where a total of about 60,000 individuals living in approximately 23,000 households are under surveillance.

Descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic regression analysis were used to describe the characteristics of the sample and to identify factors associated with participation in the NHIF program.

Results: Only 10% of the respondents were participating in the NHIF program, while less than 1% (0.8%) had private insurance coverage. The majority of the respondents (89%) did not have any type of insurance coverage.


Source: 7thSpace Interactive (press release)