Considering the global concept of Public-Private Partnership in driving and developing international and national economies, setting up of instruments for the ease of doing business by all nations, which have positively impacted the development of nations, there is need for us to examine the roles of health maintenance organizations in the implementation of the social health insurance scheme in Nigeria.
ULTIMATE HEALTH: Health Insurance is the only solution for citizens of all nations to have unhindered access to quality and affordable health care services. The Nigerian government in 2005, passed a law for the introduction of health insurance for the formal sector. However, we have gone past that because, in the last couple of years, the present administration has put tremendous efforts and deployed innovative strategies and funds to improve Nigeria’s health indices which includes the review of the Bill establishing the programme to make health insurance mandatory for all residents in the country.
At the local government level, there is the Supervisory Councilor for Health, who deals with the provision of primary health care services at the grassroots level. For the first time in the history of this country, the government has deployed innovative concepts in driving healthcare services, such as government to government collaboration, driving healthcare from the demand and supply perspectives and enhancing the architecture of healthcare services in the country.
This is also why the federal and state government divested their interest in many investments in virtually all business enterprises. For example, the federal government completely divested its interest in NITEL, sold it and created the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC to regulate the telecoms industry and also gave licenses to the private sector to drive the telecoms business.
ULTIMATE HEALTH: The truth is that the awareness level and the knowledge about the technical know-how or the fundamental principles of health insurance was not as deep as we all thought across all levels.
DAILY POST: Can you rate the level of acceptance and uptake of Health Insurance by Nigerians whether at the informal or formal sector. DAILY POST. Now, sir, we want to talk about Ultimate Health as an HMO operating in the sector under the regulation of the National Health Insurance Scheme. Tell us, how old is Ultimate Health and what are your unique selling points?
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