The management of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has dispelled reports that the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is on the verge of collapse.
The NHIA, in a statement, said it had taken notice of a publication with the tagline, “NHIS almost collapsing; stay off the NHI Levy, – Dormaahene says as he threatens legal action”.
The statement added that, as much as management of the NHIS appreciates Osagyefo’s call for government to give the scheme full amount of the NHIL collected, the impression the reportage created is erroneous.
According to the statement, no government during the Fourth Republic has ever provided the NHIA with all the NHIL collected.
‘While Management appreciates Osagyefo’s call for the government to give the Scheme the full amount of the NHIL collected, we would like to address the erroneous impression that the reportage created, suggesting that the Scheme is on the verge of collapse, because the NHIA is not receiving the full amount of the NHI levy, therefore depriving healthcare providers of their rightful claims.
“We however, strongly disapprove of the media narrative that seeks to create an impression of a collapsing NHIS. The NHIA has consistently paid healthcare facilities an average of One Hundred and Fifty Million Ghana Cedis (GHS150 Million) every Thirty (30) days especially over the past two years. A phenomenon that has not occurred this frequently, since the inception of the Scheme some twenty years ago.
“Evidence of monthly claims payment can be found on the website (www.nhis.gov.gh/payments). We wish to state unequivocally that the impression created by the said story is inaccurate and unfortunate.
“We hereby encourage the media to find out the real situation that exists in our healthcare facilities and not to paint a picture that is at a considerable distance from the truth. Millions of Ghanaians continue to depend on the NHIS to provide access to healthcare,” excerpts of the statement from read.
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