Gicumbi offers lessons on health insurance

Following the increase in the annual premiums for community health insurance for better services, reports indicate that some families have found it difficult to raise the new amount.The increase was necessitated by the need to expand the range covered the by Mutuelle de Sante scheme, thereby further easing access to health services.Although the government has undertaken to pay the premiums of the citizens who were classified in the ‘abject poverty’ category – during a study on individual households’ incomes – there are others who may be unable to raise the new amount at once.