You may also be missing another point. The 350 (sic) is not used for the development of healthcare infrastructure. My understanding is that this responsibility falls under the ministry of health.

From my earlier post you will note that the middle class (indeed all NHIF members) benefits by getting a rebate of 1,700/- per day for inpatient care regardless of whether you are admitted in a public or private hospital or whether you are paying cash or using a private HMO scheme.

@pariah, i have never benefited from that 1,700 myself. what makes u think that i will benefit from the new rates, what if dont get admitted, i get zero benefit right? crap!!!

My problem with this thing is that it might get the private medical cover for middle level management and low thrown out in favor of the dreaded NHIF cover.

NHIF is an insurance fund. You are insuring against hospitalisation. One does not normally benefit from insurance. Otherwise if the fund or indeed any insurance company paid out all premiums to members, it would collapse.

Come on!! That 350 is from millions of people so don't make it sound like its 'just' 350. So tell me, lets say its 1,000,000 * 350 (of which this midro crass doe'snt even use), you could atleast expect half decent service no?
So am assuming you want to tell us in 5years when they have collected this 2000 from guys, you will come back here and attest that all the middle class will be going to GOK institutes without the morbid fear they wont come out alive due to 'excellent' service?

My question too.
How have they been spending the small money they get?
This blanket assumption that more money will make things good is far fetched and shallow thinking!!!

You remind me of Abraham Maslow's hireachy of needs.

The MPs think they were sidelined.

@tebes, its crap, just crap and yet they still insist that it is "an excelent" scheme ha!