Former President John Dramani Mahama has observed that the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is not working as it should under the Akufo-Addo administration.
He states that the government is not paying money into the scheme, leading to the struggles of the policy.
If the National Democratic Congress (NDC) wins this year’s election, he said, his administration will inject funds into the scheme and make it work well for Ghanaians.
Addressing church leaders in Tema, the flagbearer of the NDC said “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.”
He added “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.”