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"speaker_name": "Prof. Anyangâ-Nyongâo",
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"content": " Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, from the foregoing, the Board of Management mitigated the above risks by undertaking a study tour to ten countries that have implemented outpatient scheme with a success. An actuarial study by an international firm was commissioned by the NHIF to determine the administration sustainability and costing of outpatient services. The report of the actuarial study done by Alexander Forbes Consultants and Actuarists showed that outpatient medical health-care services can be done. The Board of Management decided to phase it out with a pilot project as a precursor to the eventual roll out. It is, therefore, not true that we are doing these things without a proper actuarial study. Alexander Forbes which is a well known actuaries company has in actual fact done a study which the Board has used to roll out outpatient cover. In this roll out, 200 members and beneficiaries in Nairobi and Mumias were sampled for this pilot that took eight months from 1st December, 2009 and it is now complete. It is on the basis of that actuarial study that we are now asking Members to make their contributions, so that the NHIF can do both inpatient and outpatient insurance. The project was successful and the Board of Management gazetted a new contributions rate and commencement of the outpatient services."
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