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| Effects of Compulsory Participation in the National Health Insurance Scheme: A Study of the Federal Polytechnic Oko, Anambra State, Nigeria.
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Mary-princess C. Onuorah, Professor B.C. Nwankwo
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Abstract:
The study gave an insight into the management of the Nigerian type of health insurance coverage known as the National Health Insurance Scheme. The application of NHIS in Federal Polytechnic Oko, Anambra State, Nigeria, took a mandatory stance, and as such, the paper examined the effects of compulsory participation in which case, its positive and negative undertones were expressively outlined. The paper revealed that compulsory participation in NHIS is not a welcomed phenomenon in the academic institution under review, which is evidence-based in the staff intermittent outcry, despite some of the seemingly promising positive effects embedded in the compulsory participation. The paper further revealed that non-accessibility of healthcare services, unavailability of essential drugs for the treatment of identified health challenges, as well as poor quality of healthcare service delivery are the major menace stagnating the smooth operation of the health policy in the Federal Polytechnic Oko in particular and Nigeria at large. However, the study beckoned on the Nigerian Government to answer the clarion call of these staff, by ensuring that their grievances are positively settled in accordance with their desires.
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