After the novel covid-19 wreaked havoc worldwide, most Kenyans lost their jobs and some have even begun turning to the informal sector to make ends meet. One of the benefits of having a formal employment was having a form of health insurance from the state-run National Hospital Insurance Fund. For those who still want to enjoy benefits of NHIF but their cards have been dormant for a while, there’s a simple way they can reactivate their cards.
NHIF has been very important for some Kenyans who rely on the fund to access medical insurance from various health facilities across the country. And for those who haven’t yet selected their preferred outpatient facilities, the process can be achieved by using a USSD code or even via the official android and iOS app on your mobile phone illustrated in our earlier post.
One of the requirements of having NHIF insurance when you need it is keeping the account active by ensuring timely monthly contributions are made. If you’ve missed the deadline which is usually on the 9th of every month, you can still make the contribution by paying late penalty fee following steps illustrated here.
If for some reason you’ve missed the monthly deadline to make your contribution, then follow the steps in the late payment penalty fee; however, if your card has been sitting around dormant even for more than a year, you can reactivate the card by making a payment to the NHIF by following the following steps.
How to reactivate your dormant NHIF Card;
You’ll need to make a payment of Ksh. 1,500 by following these steps;
- On your MPESA menu, select Lipa na MPESA
- Then choose Paybill
- Enter NHIF MPESA paybill number: 200222
- Under account number, key in your national ID number
- Enter the amount: Ksh. 1,500
- You should receive a confirmation message of the transaction.
- You can then access their services after a period of 60 days (2months)
- You’ll also have to continue with regular monthly contributions thereafter reactivating
I stopped contributing last year February up to now. my question is this….what can I do to start contributing. also am I to pay all since last year up to now?
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i have not used my card for 2years,should i reactivate it or open a new one?
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wow! wow!Now I see a light at the tunnel. I stopped paying my NHIF About five years ago but I will reactivate it if all I have to pay is 1500.
And what about age??
Since 2019 November, i have not contributed my nhif card,if i renewal it with 1500, can I pay more to to use My card next week?
My account has been domant for seven months,if i clear My debt when will it be active
This is good news for members with dormant accounts. I, however, wish to enquire whether the offer is in place to date?
I was not paying my nhif card since my job ended and now it’s almost 5years what shall ido to activate
I was not paying my nhif card since my job ended and now it’s almost 5years what shall I do to activate
when I opened my account I was never given the card but the biometrics were taken , how can I get the card or rather can I use my NHIf whenever I visit a hospital without the card?