Health Insurance Board (HIB) is a social protection program of the Government of Nepal that aims to enable its citizens to access quality health care services without placing a financial burden on them. The households, communities and government are directly involved in this program. Health Insurance program helps prevent people from falling into poverty due to health care costs i.e. catastrophic expenditure due to accidents or disease by combining prepayment and risk pooling with mutual support. This program also advocates towards quality health services. This program attempts to address barriers in health service utilization and ensure equity and access of poor and disadvantaged groups as a means to achieve Universal Health Coverage.

Main Objective

-To ensure Universal Health Coverage by increasing access to, and utilization of necessary quality health services.

Specific objectives

-To increase the financial protection of the public by promoting pre-payment and risk pooling in the health sector;

-To mobilize financial resources in an equitable manner; and

-To improve the effectiveness, efficiency, accountability and quality of care in the delivery of health care services.