Minet Chief Executive Sammy Muthui said the low medical cover is threatened by the economic slowdown. I think this is what employers should look at before denying employees medical cover,” he said. “Loss of a job or refusal by an employer to offer medical cover should not be the reason why someone should not get themselves a cover,” she said. Growing cases of retirees grappling with debilitating illnesses while suffering in debt due to lack of post-retirement medical cover are common. And with changing medical trends – such as technology and expenses incurred in training good doctors – health costs will continue going up.

Source: Standard Digital April 24, 2018 07:41 UTC