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August 7, 2014
The Minority caucus in Parliament has launched a blistering attack on the John Mahama led government accusing it of running down the National Health Insurance Scheme due to its incompetence.
At a press conference addressed by William Kwasi Sabi the MP for Dormaa East, the group said, the failure by government to release funds allocated for the NHIS, has stifled the work of the scheme such that even the NHIA boss, Sylvester Mensah, has admitted that the scheme is on the verge of collapse.
Find below the full press statement issued by the Minority
PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE MINORITY CAUCUS IN PARLIAMENT ON NON PAYMENT TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS BY THE NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE AUTHORITY OF GHANA
I thank you on behalf of my colleagues for responding to our invitation. In the year 2003 the Kufuor administration introduced the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to create financial access to health care for all people living in Ghana especially the poor and the vulnerable.
The objective of the NHIS was and is to ensure that one’s financial status will not be a hindrance to accessing the needed healthcare. The Scheme worked very well and was acclaimed as one of the best social interventions a government has instituted in the Sub-Sahara African Region.