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kalokalo: A payer system can take two forms. The government can create a National Health Service and create a special tax levied on every Nigerian just as done in advanced countries to fund and maintain excellent medical facilities in the country. That health Service will then provide the "free" or "cheap" health care services Nigerians so crave.

Another option is to require Nigerians to purchase health insurance from the many HMOs in the country and provide tax breaks to those who verifiably comply.

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For a government like Nigeria, you would expect Govt provided health care; this can be achieved from a percentage of our oil. Nigeria has a very high unemployment rate, the employed that still live below poverty level are also too many and will not be able to afford any HMO that will provide meaningful coverage. Nevertheless the HMO idea is a great one for those that it works for.

You still need infrastructure, education to make all this work. Someone said that the problem we have is that healthcare was introduced free and years later we still want everything free.

The government has to also be willing to reduce to red tape investors have to go through in order to establish a program in the country. I have spoke to many who despite their good intention were frustrated by the bureaucracy in the country.

kalokalo: Nigerian medical professionals are so clueless and vision-less. What stops hundreds of doctors from coming together, pool resources and expertise and found world class hospitals that will meet the needs of any medical specialty needed by patients in Nigeria? Must they wait for the government to do everything considering that the government is peopled by just as clueless folks as the average Nigerian? The best hospitals in the world are partnerships from as many as 500 doctors (Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins, MD Anderson etc)

All our own doctors know how to do is jostle for civil service health jobs and going on strike over poor conditions. There are several other professionals in Nigeria e.g lawyers, accountants, estate surveyors etc and what they do is found partnerships / firms that can compete with multinationals e.g Akintola Williams & Co (Accounting) FRA Williams & Co (Law) Diya Fatilimilehin & Co (Estate Agency). These professionals have Nigeria's market on lock-down and we don't need to travel abroad for foreign expertise. Why cant our doctors do the same?

One the the best hospitals in Nigeria is Eko Hospital. It was a partnership founded by Dr. Eneli, Dr. Kuku and Dr. Obiora. Our Banks came together and today have the local market on lock-down. Do bankers have 2 heads or it is cheaper to establish a bank than a world class hospital? A world class hospital in Nigeria will break even in its first year of operation.

Our people go to India for medical expertise in private hospitals set up by average Indian doctors who earn the equivalent of 65 thousand Naira per month. Our own medical professionals for all they earn cannot replicate same. If bankers, Lawyers, Accountants and other professionals in Nigeria can thrive without government intervention and can compete with foreign multinationals in the same market, Nigerians have no business going abroad for medical care.

We didn't need government run law firms, accounting firms, banks for these professionals to take the bull by the horns and thrive in their own country. We don't need any government intervention in health care for it to thrive. We only need entrepreneurial medical professionals to set up world class hospitals. The market is already there.

You are on the right path my friend, but you forget the one thing that fuels this jumbo jet you want to take off- A Payer system. If you set up a payer system that is sustainable, This JUMBO JET you desire will be built.

We will be watching and waiting for the change to happen.

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