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National Health Insurance For Nigerians by goldman777: 1:34pm On Jan 18, 2019
National health insurance schemes is a federal government insurance scheme,which has so many health insurance that federal government staff and none government benefits from. Federal government wants every Nigerian to be covered under national health insurance schemes through these program called voluntary contributors social health insurance programme.(VCSHIP).

Consultants with specialist, such as physicians, pediatrician, obstetrician, general surgeon, radiologist, psychiatrists, ophthalmologist and physiotherapy,dentist
Hospital care in a standard ward for a stay limited to cumulative 21days per year. Thereafter, the beneficial pays.
The waiting period shall be 2months after registration.
Healthcare cover is for the period of 12 months(1year)
Eye examination and care, excluding the provisions of spectacles and contact lenses.
Preventive dental care and pain relief (including consultation, dental health education, amalgam filling and simple extraction.
Individuals are free to choose any hospitals both federal or private that are under NHIS.
The individual pays only 10%of the amount of drugs given
Benefits: Out-patient care, including necessary consumables.
1. Prescribed drugs, pharmaceutical care and diagnostic test as contained in the National Essential Drugs list and Diagnostic Test list.
2. Maternity care and delivery.
3. Preventive care, including immunization, as it applies in the National programme on immunization, health education, antenatal and post natal care for up to six weeks.
4.care for elderly and aged seniors
5.cost free caesarian operation for registered pregnant women and free of cost admission for up to 21days.whereby the delivered baby is automatically covered and cared for by the hospital cost free for 3months before the baby is registered under the health insurance scheme
Only 10% cost of drugs given to mother is paid for under the scheme

The annual renewal cost for the scheme is fifteen thousand call for 08025940557 for further inquiries

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Re: National Health Insurance For Nigerians by upmanagers: 5:13pm On Jan 19, 2019
Nice one

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