THERE are a lot of crimes that we can list committed by the former ruling party. We agree that it was essentially a criminal organisation. But the National Health Insurance Management Authority (NHIMA) is one of very few success stories by the Patriotic Front. Whether you like the PF or not, this is one policy that they got right in the midst of apprehension from members of the public. On 9th April, 2018, former president Edgar Chagwa Lungu, signed into law the National Health Insurance Act No. 2 of 2018. This Act provided for the establishment of the compulsory National Health Insurance Scheme under the management of the National Health Insurance Management Authority (NHIMA). Lungu’s government under former Health Minister...

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