The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) have
officially launched the National Mobile Health Insurance Programme (NMHIP) for
Nigerians. Subscribers of the mobile scheme can now subscribe to a health
insurance package directly from their telephone.
Subscribers who cannot subscribe to health
insurance offers available on the market, due to the high cost, will have to be
paying gradually the contribution for their future medical care by buying
communication credits which will be converted into money.
Subscribers will register, select the medical
institution where they would like to be taken care of, and even choose the
payment options from their mobile phone. The NMHIP was launched in experimental
phase since July 2014 on the MTN network. Its official launch on 19th
March 2015 marks its enlargement to Globacom, Airtel and Etisalat networks to
cover all the country.
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