{"id":460595,"date":"2018-02-01T23:51:20","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T23:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/01\/nhis-is-in-trouble-national-health-insurance-ceo\/"},"modified":"2018-02-01T23:51:20","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T23:51:20","slug":"nhis-is-in-trouble-national-health-insurance-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/01\/nhis-is-in-trouble-national-health-insurance-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"NHIS is in \u2018trouble\u2019 &#8211; National Health Insurance CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Thursday,  1 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghananewsagency.org<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-01<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/42128571.295.jpg\" alt=\"Dr Samuel Annor   NHIA CEO\" title=\"Dr Samuel Annor   NHIA CEO\" width=\"295\" height=\"231\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Dr Samuel Annor is Chief Executive Officer (NHIA<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1517529080_195_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Dr Samuel Annor, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), has expressed concern about the dire financial state of Ghana\u2019s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).<\/p>\n<p>He said the Scheme which provided equitable access and financial coverage for basic health care services to the Ghanaian population ought to be supported and sustained.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Annor told Journalists in Wa, the Upper West regional capital, on Tuesday that in view of the reeling state of the Scheme, the Authority was on nationwide tour to discuss with stakeholders about how to sustain the scheme.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat brought us to this region is the fact that, we found our National Health Insurance Scheme is in trouble,\u201d he said: \u201cand we took the effort to go round the country to interact with patients, members, our Staff, organised labour to discuss on what we believe to be the way forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Public Sector Workers Union, Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT), National Association of Graduate Teachers (NAGRAT), Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana and Coalition of Concerned Teachers (CCT) and among others participated in the discussion.<\/p>\n<p>The CEO said the Authority had come out with models for implementation towards the scheme\u2019s sustainability that range from financing to firming its foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the moment, we have put in the health basket 2.5 per cent VAT and 2.5 per cent SSNIT contribution to look after our sick people, but that amount of money is only equal to about 30 dollars for one person a year,\u201d he said, but added that the amount ought to increase up to 100 dollars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow that we\u2019re being told by Nana Akuffo-Addo -led government that our health is imperative, let us not let this opportunity go by,\u201d he added. \u201cLet us put the laws and rules that will take politics out of the NHIS because sickness hasn\u2019t gotten any political colour.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He called for a national action including; the media and labour unions to help find lasting solutions to myriad of problems challenging the NHIS.<\/p>\n<p>The Trades Union Congress Deputy Secretary-General, Mr Joshua Ansah, urged labour unionists to contribute to the sustainability of the scheme. Ghanaians should aspire and share their minds to help sustain the scheme either than taking a back seat, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce it is a health issue, we as leaders and unionists, we must all have good intention for the scheme because I believe that health is more important than all the salaries we are taking,\u201d Mr Ansah said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 50 updated by: 4 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Thursday, 1 February 2018 Source: ghananewsagency.org 2018-02-01 Dr Samuel Annor is Chief Executive Officer (NHIA Dr Samuel Annor, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), has expressed concern about the dire financial state of Ghana\u2019s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). 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