Dar es Salaam, Feb. 16 -- DODOMA – A BILL that seeks to amend the National Health Insurance Fund Act came into the House for the First Reading.

Cited as the National Health Insurance Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2025, the proposals intend to amend the National Health Insurance Fund Act, Cap 395 to align it with the Universal Health Insurance Act, No 13 of 2023 and to address challenges that have been encountered during the implementation of the Act.

The National Health Insurance Fund Act was enacted in 1999 to provide for the establishment of the National Health Insurance Fund for the sustainable healthcare system in Tanzania Mainland.

Since its enactment, the Act has been amended nine times with the view to ensuring compliance with se...