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38 The Teacher

ADDRESSING

THE INSURANCE

DISPARITY:

DOROTHY MUTHONI

Quality, accessible and affordable healthcare is a right to every Kenyan – but this is
not the case with teachers today.

The launch of the Teachers Service
Commission (TSC) medical scheme
was a laudable move in many ways.
Teachers often have very little time
to themselves outside of work, and
spending it navigating confusing,
and frustrating healthcare service
systems was not only an expensive
affair but frustrating at best.

Since the inception of the Medical
Scheme administered by Aon-Minet
Insurance Brokers however, access
to healthcare was streamlined
leading to tremendous benefits for
teachers
Previously, having not had a medical
cover – with launch of Aon-Minet
teachers could walk into the nearest
healthcare facility on their medical
panel and get med-care services
without having to think about
payment.

Until late 2019 or there about, the
Scheme covered about one million
teachers and their dependents,
making it the largest such private
medical scheme in the country.
The Scheme administrator, Aon-
Minet was charged with ensuring
that teachers are able to readily
access medical facilities and the
best services – at one point in time,
the administrator had contracted
over 1,500 healthcare facilities in its
panel.

The biggest advantage of the

EdSource Quarterly | Oct-Dec l 2021