The CEO of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Dr Bernard Okoe-Boye has said it is better to be registered onto the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) despite some of the challenges that exist than not be on any health insurance scheme at all.
Since he assumed office as CEO, he said his main focus has been how to make it easier for people to be registered onto the scheme to enable them have access to health care without paying from their pockets.
Speaking in an interview with TV3’s Johnnie Hughes, the former lawmaker for Ledzokuku said “when you take Ghana’s national health insurance, I think it is the most innovative, social policy we have.
“It is a policy that allows citizens to be able to access health care, go to the hospital and not pay out of pockets.”
He added “I always argue out that National Health Insurance Scheme, with all its challenges and opportunities, is still better than not being on any scheme at all. Since I got there I have been interested in ways to make it easier for people to register onto the scheme.”
By Laud Nartey|3news.com|Ghana