Zambia’s National Health Insurance Management Authority NHIMA policy meant to protect vulnerable senior citizens is now coming under scrutiny, with concerns emerging that some financially stable elderly citizens are taking advantage of free healthcare coverage at the expense of the system’s sustainability. A medical care expert who refused to be named has raised alarm over what he describes as growing exploitation of NHIMA’s exemption policy by senior citizens who are accessing full healthcare benefits without contributing financially, despite having the means to do so. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Zambian Business Times— ZBT, the expert said the blanket exemption...
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