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    "id": 275123,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/275123/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Mr. Raila",
    "speaker_title": "The Prime Minister",
    "speaker": {
        "id": 195,
        "legal_name": "Raila Amolo Odinga",
        "slug": "raila-odinga"
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    "content": "You will recall that the Government, after elaborate stakeholder consultations, developed Sessional Paper No.2 of 2004 on the national social health insurance in Kenya. A Bill was presented to this Parliament, its main objective being universal provision of quality healthcare. However, although passed by this House, the Bill did not get the nod from the Government of the day. The main reason was the perceived unsustainability of the scheme. Private sector players also feared the loss of business to the public sector. In the light of this experience, the Ministries of health in 2007 began further work in these areas, including examining best practice in other countries with universal healthcare coverage. By the year 2010, the Ministries had already drafted the health care financing policy. Again, in the year 2010/2011, with the support of International Finance Corporation (IFC), the Ministries of health undertook a strategic review of the NHIF and a market assessment of the private pre-paid health schemes. Based on the healthcare financing policy and the ongoing reforms in the NHIF, the Government introduced the new NHIF policies offering more extensive health services and better coverage, but at slightly higher premiums."
}