A Harvard University study that explored social health insurance for developing nations defines SHI as a healthcare financing model that allows mobilisation of funds and pooling risks so that the poor and near-poor can access healthcare. Making the Social Health Insurance compulsory for everyone will be problematic to enforce. “The proposal to provide health insurance subsidies for the poor could address some of the anticipated inequities. President Samia said in Zanzibar on Wednesday that health insurance was inevitable and every citizen should be covered. The country’s current health insurance options include employer or community-based schemes, which are covering less than 2 percent of the population.

Source: Daily Nation January 14, 2024 21:06 UTC