Lagos Health Insurance Scheme Will Be Accessible, Affordable To Residents – Adenusi
Chioma Umeha Dr. Peju Adenusi is the General Manager of Lagos State Health Management Agency (LASHMA).Recently, she spoke to select journalists on the operation of the newly launched Lagos State Health Scheme and the role of individuals and families in making it successful. CHIOMA UMEHA was at the briefing On the unique features of the Lagos State Health Insurance Scheme I will start by giving an overview of the scheme. The Lagos State Health Insurance Scheme (LSHS) came about through a law that was enacted in 2015 and that law makes health insurance mandatory for every resident of the state. Its main objective is to provide quality healthcare services, which is accessible, affordable to the residents of Lagos state and in so doing, reduce, if not eliminate the financial catastrophe that arises from huge medical bills. Three entities were derived from the law. We have the LSHS which is the programme, we have the Lagos State Health Management A