Kampala, Uganda | URN | The Insurance Regulatory Authority of Uganda (IRA) is proposing a new formula for calculating contributions to the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), replacing the contentious flat percentage deductions with an income-band system similar to Uganda Revenue Authority’s Pay As You Earn (PAYE) tax model. The …
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Failure to operationalise the National Health Insurance Scheme and resurgence of COVID-19 may constrain demand for insurance Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | Uganda’s insurance industry is projected to register consistent growth in 2022 riding on technology innovations, government’s investment in infrastructure and increased economic activities as economy opens up. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Those seeking healthcare under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) that is being discussed in parliament will have to pay for any extra services that they seek outside what is prescribed in the scheme. Ronald Baggaga, the Legal Counsel to the parliamentary health committee, says …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda might take longer to achieve universal health coverage through a national health insurance scheme. This is according to Commissioner in Charge of Planning at the Ministry of Health Dr Sarah Byakika. “You cannot achieve health insurance for all in one year. Even those …
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Uganda plans to set up a National Health Insurance Scheme subject to passing of the National Health Insurance Bill 2007. In a speech read by the Vice President Edward Ssekandi at the just ended 44th Africa Insurance Organisation meeting at Speke Resort Munyonyo last week, President Yoweri Museveni said financing the …
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