Ultimate HMO is launching diaspora health insurance

The Ultimate Health HMO has launched the Diaspora Health Insurance program for Nigerians in the United States of America and the United Kingdom to enroll parents and dependents in Nigeria and residents of the US and UK for adequate coverage when they return home for events and festivities.

The Chief Executive Officer of Ultimate Health HMO, Lekan Ewenla, said the initiative was a bold step in line with the responsibilities of accredited healthcare organizations as the statutory drivers for the enrollment of Nigerians in the program designed to provide universal healthcare coverage for reach the country.

In May 2022, the Federal Government promulgated the National Health Insurance Authority 2022 to make participation in the health insurance program mandatory for all Nigerians and legal residents to ensure the well-being of Nigerians and change the poor representation of our health indices for the better.

Consequently, it was expected that all Nigerians, including those known to be vulnerable, would be enrolled in the health insurance program.

In August 2023, the Special Adviser to the President on Health, Dr. Salma Anas-Ibrahim, said President Bola Tinubu’s renewed hope health agenda aims to reach over 50 million Nigerians and most vulnerable including the elderly in the near future , reach. four years.

In February, the Coordinating Minister of Health and Human Services, Prof. Muhammad Pate, said that about 750,000 additional Nigerians had been enrolled in health insurance since the beginning of President Tinubu’s administration.

Ewenla explained that the introduction of the Ultimate Health HMO diaspora health insurance program would enable Nigerians in the diaspora to obtain health insurance for their loved ones in Nigeria from their base in any part of the world.

“The diaspora community emerged as critical stakeholders in driving the health insurance program towards achieving UHC as large sums of money are regularly transferred home to support the medical needs of their parents and other dependents,” he noted.