KOGI REGISTERS 167,000 IN HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME
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The Kogi State Government reported that it had enrolled 167,000 people in its health insurance program thus far as part of its attempts to attain universal health coverage.
Shortly after defending the agency’s 2025 budget, Adekunle Aledare, the executive secretary of the state health insurance agency, revealed this on Monday in the state capital of Lokoja.
According to him, the organization plans to enroll 150,000 more people in the health insurance program by 2025.
“So far, we have enrolled 167,000. However, We have the mandate to ensure that all residents of Kogi State have access to quality and good health care services without suffering financial hardship while going for those services,” he said
He charged Kogi citizens to embrace health insurance, adding that it remains the best way to achieve Universal Health Coverage.
“With health insurance, the people’s health is assured. We are prepared to ensure that the people of Kogi State have access to good health services without suffering financial hardship
“Nobody deserves to be pushed into extreme poverty after an episode of payment for hospital expenditure.
“We don’t expect people to become poor as a result of paying for health services. That is why they need a prepayment mechanism, which is health insurance, to provide them with financial protection and give them mental and financial peace so that they can have quality life,” he stated.
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