KATHMANDU, March 17: Health insurance services are to be provided based on the national identity card from now onward.
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Dr Krishna Prasad Paudel, Executive Director of the Health Insurance Board (HIB), and Namraj Ghimire, Director General of the Department of National ID and Civil Registration, to provide health insurance services linked to the national identity card.
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Bikesha Malla, Information Officer at the HIB, said citizens' identities will be digitally verified using their national identity card numbers, making the health insurance system safer, faster, and more reliable.
"As per the current agreement, we will integrate the data of the Board and the Department," he said, adding, "We will provide health insurance services based on the national identity card."
He also mentioned that registration and renewal using the national identity card will begin on April 8.
Currently, 10.2 million insured individuals are affiliated with the HIB.
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