{"id":850142,"url":"http://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/850142/?format=json","text_counter":447,"type":"speech","speaker_name":"Seme, ODM","speaker_title":"Hon. (Dr.) James Nyikal","speaker":{"id":434,"legal_name":"James Nyikal","slug":"james-nyikal"},"content":"With regard to the cost of healthcare, it is multifaceted. We need to get a benefit package. What is the minimum care that you need and the cost should be same, whether you are in Nairobi Hospital or a hospital in Nyeri? If it is a caesarean section, it should be the same cost. The rest is hospitality. We can also have a national formulary where we can pick the drugs, even generics that are cheap. I remember I bought a drug for Kshs5 and it is working. I have used it. In the market, the brand is Kshs100. I have bought the same brand of drug for Kshs11,000 and it was Ksh40,000 in another hospital. So, we must look at the health sector, a benefit package, a national formulary and implementation of the Health Act."}