The National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) frontrunner, John Dramani Mahama, has vowed to prioritize the revival of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in the event of the NDC’s triumph in the December election.
Mahama expressed his disappointment of the incumbent government’s disregard for the NHIS, which he claims has contributed to a decline in the effectiveness of the organization.
While addressing church leaders in Tema, Mahama emphasized the NDC’s commitment to ensuring that the NHIS operates proficiently in providing high-quality healthcare to all Ghanaians.
He criticized the current government for purportedly failing to allocate adequate resources to the scheme, which has resulted in subscribers finding it difficult to access essential healthcare services without incurring additional expenses.
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“The basic problem is that the NHIS has almost collapsed. This government is not paying money into the scheme. And once the scheme doesn’t get money, they also cannot pay the facilities for the claims that they make. And so they are forced to charge the patients when the patients come.
“Or else, all they will do is give you a folder, you go and see the doctor. That is the only service you get. For everything else, you have to go outside and pay with cash to get. And so it looks like we are coming back to the cash and carry days. And so what we will do is we will strengthen the NHIS again so that it can give the services that it was designed to give.”