NHIF Urges Farmers to Join Health Insurance Schemes to Avoid Selling Assets for Medical Costs

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• DODOMA:THE National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) has urged farmers and other Tanzanians to join health insurance schemes to avoid selling their assets, including farms, to meet unexpected medical expenses.
• NHIF Manager for Marketing and Customer Services, Ms Angela Mziray, said yesterday that health insurance was an important financial protection mechanism, particularly for farmers whose livelihoods could be severely.
• Health challenges can come without warning, and many people end up selling their assets and even farms to meet medical costs.
• She said NHIF was using the Nanenane exhibition to educate farmers and the public on the importance of health insurance and encourage more people to enrol under the national health insurance system.
• People should use their resources productively rather than spending them on medical treatment when there is already a government system designed to provide financial protection against healthcare costs,” she said.