At last, The Lagos State Government has announced plans to begin a soft launch of the much-awaited Community Health Insurance Scheme come June this year.
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, who disclosed this at the 2017 Eko Health Mission Conference in Alausa, Lagos, explained that the state government is working to ensure that all modalities are put in place before the commencement of the scheme.
“Come June we will start the soft launch of the health insurance scheme. We plan to start sometime last year but certain things stopped us.
“We are using both private and public facilitites; that is why the modalities is taking quite a while because we have to get the technical aspect right.” According to Idris, anybody that wants to participate in the scheme must conform to certain requirements.
He said: “They have to be accredited. When accredited, we have to go and observe their facilities.
“The insurance agencies also have their own modalities. Let me say again, if anybody has a problem with the facilities, they should let us know so we can shut it down immediately.”
Idris added: “From now we have to start publicising it, telling people what to do and how to go about it.”
By: Appolonia Adeyemi
New Telegraph News
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