Assessment of the National Health Insurance Scheme on Healthcare Delivery Among Workers of National Assembly in Abuja, Nigeria

Abstract

The challenge of accessing quality and affordable healthcare in Nigeria is eating deep into the state of health. Quite a number of rich people travel out to seek quality health care in overseas leaving the poor to scramble for the obsolete and inadequate health facilities in the country. This alarming situation has culminated into ill health, diseases and eventual death. Worried by this perplexing situation, the paper assesses the National Health Insurance Scheme on health care delivery among workers of National Assembly in Abuja. In addition, the study examines the level of funding and contribution to the scheme, through government fiscal policy. This study also investigates the level of workers’ awareness of health services under the scheme. The paper utilized mainly secondary sources through the review of relevant literatures. The study found that the impact of NHIS in health care delivery is fair due to inadequate funding. Though, workers in National Assembly are awareness of health services under the scheme. This paper concludes by calling for the attention of stakeholders for a review of health policy to address the inadequacies if Nigeria intends to keep pace with Universal Health Coverage (UHC) of the world Health Organization (WHO) on sustainable healthcare delivery to workers and other low income earners or less privileged in Abuja. Hence, the paper recommended that proper funding is needed to enhance essential and quality health care delivery that will help mitigate health challenges of workers in Abuja.