National Health Insurance Coming to Belmopan  

On Tuesday, the National Health Insurance (NHI) team met with medical professionals in Belmopan to talk about rolling out NHI in the area. The government is getting ready to accept bids from primary care providers to serve Belmopan residents under the NHI program. They aim to have NHI available across the entire Cayo District by mid-2025. Minister of Health and Wellness, Kevin Bernard, shared more details about the plan for nationwide coverage.

 

Kevin Bernard, Minister of Health & Wellness

“As you are aware, the rollout of the entire district has commenced. There have been  consultations that is taking place. The plan is that by the end of this year, we  should have NHI across the entire country.  So there is a process. I think that in May, we are looking at targeting the Cayo side and then Belmopan city, and then we go on to the other surrounding villages because Cayo district is very huge. It is our hope that by the end of the year, as I said, we would have full coverage of NHI across te entire country.”