A committee set up by the Ministry of Health to oversee a seamless transition to the new Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF) has recommended that the planned rollout of the scheme from July 1 be suspended, citing challenges with the digital platform designed to support contributions and registration.
The transition committee on the Social Health Authority (SHA)—the agency created to run the SHIF and replace the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) —said in its report that a pilot run on the ICT system showed it wasn’t ready for the shift, with less than a week to go.
