Reliance on out-of-pocket (OOP) payments to finance health care is a barrier to health care access and can result in the impoverishment of households. Health care in Kenya is financed from three main sources: OOP expenditure (households), government expenditure and donors. However, healthcare financing reforms are being implemented to provide equitable access to health care with the aim of attaining UHC. In this paper, the author explores whether the existing financing mechanisms available in Kenya are regressive or progressive, and who bares the most burden in financing healthcare.
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