The Member of Parliament for Garu and a member of the Health Committee, Dr. Thomas Anaba, has endorsed the government’s decision to increase tariffs for healthcare service providers under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), describing it as a necessary step to improve healthcare delivery.
His comments come after the Health Minister, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, at the Government Accountability Series on Monday, December 1, revealed plans to significantly adjust NHIS tariffs upward. The Minister said the move responds to persistent complaints from health facilities that the current tariff structure is unrealistic and financially unsustainable.
Speaking on Channel One Newsroom on Tuesday, December 2, the Garu MP noted that the increase is justified, especially after the government uncapped the NHIS levy to make more resources available for the scheme.
According to him, the increment will provide hospitals with the financial capacity they have lacked for years and ultimately enhance the quality of healthcare across the country.
“The government uncapped the levy because it was moment for health insurance. There was no need to cap it in the first place and if they have capped it and there is more resources and there is a cry for the increment of tariffs for several years now, it is very prudent for government to increase it. Good to go.
“Ghanaians should be happy because hospitals will get money to manage things that they had no money to manage. They will be able to provide quality service, buy equipment, renovate their hospitals, make their hospitals very neat and pay staff to give out their best.
“To me, this is the best thing that has happened to the health sector. Increasing tariff by 120% is too much,” he stated.
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