Health insurers reject Lagos private plan, demand NHIA approval

By Lukman Olabiyi
Two major health insurance industry associations, the Health and Managed Care Association of Nigeria (HMCAN) and the Association of Health Insurance Practitioners of Nigeria (AHIPN), have withheld their endorsement of the Lagos Private Health Plan (LPHP), insisting that its implementation must first secure the required approval of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA).
The associations also questioned an aggregate 13 per cent levy reportedly applicable to private-sector health insurance arrangements under the framework, warning that additional charges could increase employers’ healthcare costs and undermine efforts to expand access to affordable medical serv...