By Gabriel Olawale
NO less than 120,000 persons have enrolled for the Lagos State Health Insurance Scheme since it was launched in December 2018.
The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Jide Idris who disclosed this said the State government is not relenting in ensuring that all residents in the State have access to quality and affordable healthcare without necessarily paying out of pocket.
Idris said: “The target for this year is to enroll one million people, but implementing health insurance scheme for over 20 million people is not an easy task, so we are not in hurry to do it soas to avoid mistakes.
“What we concentrate on mostly now is building the capacity of different agents who will take part in the Scheme such as providers who will render service, field agents, ICT providers and ensure that the facilities conform with best practices.
“Presently we have accredited 150 private facilities and 44 public facilities while some are…
