More than 600 private hospitals in rural parts of the country will from next Monday not accept Social Health Authority (SHA) insurance and instead demand that patients pay in cash over an outstanding Sh22 billion debt owed by the defunct National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF).
The Rural-Urban and Private Hospitals Association of Kenya (Rupha) said hospitals were left with no choice after months of unfulfilled government promises to settle arrears owed under the defunct public insurer, dating back to 2017.
