Adapted from independent.ng Free Health Care (FHC) policies aim to reduce the financial barriers that people experience when trying to access health services. A FHC policy eliminates formal user fees at the point of service; this can be for all services, for primary health care, for selected population groups, for selected services for everyone or for selected services for specific population groups, usually characterized by medical or economic vulnerability. Examples of services under a free health care policy include antenatal care, assisted deliveries, caesarean sections, health services for children below a defined age (often five years), or a set of services for elderly people above a certain age (often 65 years). These services are chosen to protect population groups deemed to be especially vulnerable, and particularly the poor. Easy-to-observe criteria such as age, pregnancy or defined geographical areas are used to determine whether a person is eligible for free health services...
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