Funeral insurance thrives as millions can’t afford healthcare in Zimbabwe

In Zimbabwe Millions Choose Funeral Insurance over Pricey Medical Cover

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Funeral insurance policies have become the dominant form of financial protection for many, even as basic healthcare costs strain household budgets. World News | In Zimbabwe Millions Choose Funeral Insurance over Pricey Medical Cover.

Funeral insurance thrives as millions can’t afford healthcare in Zimbabwe

More Zimbabweans are preparing for death than survival as funeral policies are more popular than health insurance.

In Zimbabwe, millions choose funeral insurance over pricey medical cover

zhi/AP] Harare, Zimbabwe – Ngoni Mutambararo’s uncle, Steward Ganda, 60, spent the last months of his life at home, trying to recover from a severe ailment on his own. Ganda suffered from severe pain in his legs that left him confined to bed and unable to tend the small tuck shop he ran in Kambuzuma, a low-income suburb in Harare. Like millions of Zimbabweans without health insurance and unable to cover hospital expenses, he had hoped to soldie…