Healthcare: Why you should prioritise medical insurance

Investment is an act of putting money, time, or effort into something with the expectation of future gain. I have used the word 'investment' deliberately because having health insurance uses the same principle: you pay now to cover yourself in the future when you need it.

Official data shows that only 17.1 percent of Kenyans have some form of insurance cover. Of those who reported having health insurance, 83 percent were covered by the Social Health Authority (SHA), the government agency established to oversee and regulate Kenya's new healthcare financing system.