How doctors are dragging medical insurers to early grave

Tired of reporting huge underwriting losses year in year out, the insurers have resorted to new strategies such as increasing premiums and stopping dispensation of branded drugs to stay afloat.

Peter Morris, not his real name, was visibly agitated. He moved nervously from one corner to another as he waited for his turn on the queue to the cashier at Metropolitan Hospital in Nairobi.

A toddler, who seemed oblivious of the grown up’s concern, playfully tugged at his leg. Neither the grown-up nor the little boy looked sick. It later became apparent that Peter had brought the child for a jab.