7+ hour, 23+ min ago   (380+ words) By Rajan Rawat, Humla, July 28: Locals on the Nepali side of Hilsa, a border settlement along the Nepal-China frontier, are compelled to use Chinese SIM cards to access the internet due to the absence of Nepal Telecom's internet service in…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (464+ words) The Rising Nepal In 2017, the government enacted the Health Insurance Act, 2017, which established the Health Insurance Board, mandated to manage and expand the programme nationwide. The programme was launched under the Social Health Insurance Policy 2013 to achieve universal health coverage…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (268+ words) Kathmandu, June 9: Minister for Health and Food Safety Nisha Mehta has said that the government is to make a fresh start in health insurance scheme with new modalities from the upcoming fiscal year. In a discussion on Nepal Health Insurance…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (471+ words) By A Staff Reporter, Kathmandu, May 29: The Health Insurance Board has decided to suspend all insurance services except emergency ones in private health institutions, citing the growing financial crisis. According to the decision taken by the board meeting, this arrangement…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (273+ words) Jumla, May 23: The number of people renewing their health insurance in Jumla district has been declining in recent years, according to the Health Insurance Board in the district. According to Tirtharaj Joshi, Registration Officer at the Board, shared the number…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (720+ words) Kathmandu, May 18: As health insurance continues to become more complicated, the government and the ruling party, Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), have initiated reforms to the system. As the budget session is in progress in the House, the government has been…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (201+ words) Kankrebihar (Surkhet), May 15: Chief Minister of Karnali Province, Yamalal Kandel, has said every citizen in Karnali deserves insurance facility. "Insurance should be established as a scheme of friend to the needy people," CM Kandel said at a programme organized by…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (520+ words) Janaki (Banke), May 10: Uttam Singh Panjabi of Nepalgunj Submetropolis-7 and his family became homeless after losing their house to the last year's rains in August-September. The family went through severe stress. The house, which the family had built after years…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (330+ words) Kathmandu, April 8: The 10th Health Insurance Day is being celebrated today by organizing various programmes. The Day is being observed with the theme - 'State Investment, Citizen's Contribution: Health Insurance Joint Campaign'. The health insurance programme is an important social security initiative…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (386+ words) Kathmandu, Mar. 30: The 100-point agenda for governance reform made public by the government led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah has left out the health insurance programme, which is considered to be the backbone of the health sector. Following the new…...