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    "id": 1521115,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1521115/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "The Cabinet Secretary for Health",
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    "content": "Regarding ICU care, yes, we were able to review the benefit package. We have incorporated the Kshs28,000 and the implementation is upon gazettement, so we increased it from Kshs4,000 to Kshs28,000 and it will be gazetted. On matters of ICU, medication, among other services, we are reviewing the benefit package. Again, we have a benefit package advisory team, which will not only review the ICU, but also other components that need to be incorporated into the benefit package. As I had said earlier, NHIF did not have, but now we have an ICU package, and again we are increasing. We are also looking to improve the diagnosis and treatment among others. What we started with is the NHIF benefit package. We were looking at the burden of disease in Kenya. Which are the common conditions? Which are the ones that cause death, and catastrophic expenditure? That is how we established our benefit package, based on the resources we had at hand, but gradually, we will improve the benefit package. We need to be cognizant of the fact that this is not just a problem in Kenya. Even other developed countries also face this. Universal Health Coverage is a journey. Gradually we will improve the benefit package, and gradually we want to ensure that Kenyans will be able to access services. For the teachers and police, we said that upon registration and contribution of the premiums at 2.75 percent, then they can access the services under the Social Health Authority. Previously they had an enhanced scheme under the NHIF and that is one of the concerns---"
}