NHIA reforms are extensions of Bawumia's initiatives, not new NDC policies - Dr Ekua Amoakoh

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Yaa 1 month ago

Another stupid girl. Prostitute with a sloping ugly face

Another stupid girl. Prostitute with a sloping ugly face
Unpredictable Oye Onye Kwasi Atta 1 month ago

All seemingly good things under Akufo Addo was done by Bawumia but disassociate himself with the evil ones. Shamefully Shameful idiot

All seemingly good things under Akufo Addo was done by Bawumia but disassociate himself with the evil ones. Shamefully Shameful idiot
NPP SENIOR CITIZEN 1 month ago

So no sensible person in current NPP criminal organisation party. NPP WILL BE IN OPPOSITION FOR VERY VERY LONG.

So no sensible person in current NPP criminal organisation party. NPP WILL BE IN OPPOSITION FOR VERY VERY LONG.
prophet mohammed was a sick dog 1 month ago

Say no to islam and convert to a real religion.
Allah is satanic scum and qur'an is toilet paper.......Search online for ways to move away from evil islam. You can join ex-muslim groups online and be safe............ ...
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Say no to islam and convert to a real religion.
Allah is satanic scum and qur'an is toilet paper.......Search online for ways to move away from evil islam. You can join ex-muslim groups online and be safe.................you are not alone.
Kwasi Addai 1 month ago

So these buffoons from the Nkwaseafo People's Party think they can infect the good people of Ghana with their stupidity? For eight years, Bawumia's so-called policies didn't work, when a wise person is in charge, they start t ...
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So these buffoons from the Nkwaseafo People's Party think they can infect the good people of Ghana with their stupidity? For eight years, Bawumia's so-called policies didn't work, when a wise person is in charge, they start talking nonsense. Wise Ghanaians now know the NPP and their criminal ideas. Only stupid Ghanaians still follow the NPP.
Gahana 1 month ago

Gyimiiiii saaaa na 2028 abɛsen kɔ

Gyimiiiii saaaa na 2028 abɛsen kɔ
Truth Table 1 month ago

There is freedom in Christ Jesus.
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There is freedom in Christ Jesus.
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BLUE ELEPHANT 1 month ago

So Bawumia who told us himself that he was the chief trotro mate to Nana Addo is now being touted as the brain behind everything good happening under the current government and he must be given credit for it?Yooh we hear!!!!! ...
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So Bawumia who told us himself that he was the chief trotro mate to Nana Addo is now being touted as the brain behind everything good happening under the current government and he must be given credit for it?Yooh we hear!!!!!!!!
Seidu 1 month ago

This Akua Amoako always talks like an animal. She doesn't have sense. What a silly whore

This Akua Amoako always talks like an animal. She doesn't have sense. What a silly whore
Cool 1 month ago

NNP telenovela, we're here watching, Ghanaian will reset your brains by 2028 election

NNP telenovela, we're here watching, Ghanaian will reset your brains by 2028 election
TSITSURU 1 month ago

Always reaping where they have not sown. Gbehawo.

Always reaping where they have not sown. Gbehawo.
Donald T 1 month ago

We are getting tired of this NONSENSE. You were in office for eight years (8) so shut the Fu…. Up !!

We are getting tired of this NONSENSE. You were in office for eight years (8) so shut the Fu…. Up !!
Reckless 1 month ago

Do these NDC imbeciles really have the brains to initiate anything new in Ghana? Dr. Amoakoh give it to them they are pathetic useless people.

Do these NDC imbeciles really have the brains to initiate anything new in Ghana? Dr. Amoakoh give it to them they are pathetic useless people.
@RealNapo 1 month ago

Kwasiato, fool and stupidity as part of your lineage.

Kwasiato, fool and stupidity as part of your lineage.
Oklemekuku 1 month ago

Give what to them?

Give what to them?
Kk 1 month ago

We shdnt waste our time on that silly lady...

We shdnt waste our time on that silly lady...
Captain Seidu Amadu 1 month ago

Bawumia ' duty was to modernise and make the Ghanaian economy , which he failed big time .The health sector was the job of the minister .

Bawumia ' duty was to modernise and make the Ghanaian economy , which he failed big time .The health sector was the job of the minister .
Launched in Nov 2024 1 month ago

The time you guys are already leaving... That's just sod cutting gimmcks

The time you guys are already leaving... That's just sod cutting gimmcks
Jackson 1 month ago

Bawumia should have focused on the economy as head of the Economic Management Team, he failed miserably resulting in debt defaults and junk ratings for Ghana. As things fell apart he ran away to become “Minister” for digi ...
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Bawumia should have focused on the economy as head of the Economic Management Team, he failed miserably resulting in debt defaults and junk ratings for Ghana. As things fell apart he ran away to become “Minister” for digitalization.
Major 1 1 month ago

FOOLS

FOOLS
Jr 1 month ago

No one pays attention to you guys anymore, so stop disturbing our peace and let's enjoy positive economic conditions we're enjoying under JDM

No one pays attention to you guys anymore, so stop disturbing our peace and let's enjoy positive economic conditions we're enjoying under JDM
Alhaji 1 month ago

Clap for you
Even the air we is due to you

Clap for you
Even the air we is due to you
Nana 1 month ago

It means the NDC is an intelligent govt. They are not foolish like Bawumia and the past NPP govt who refused to finish initiatives and programs from the NDC govt. I believe if this is how the NDC would operate, then NPP would ...
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It means the NDC is an intelligent govt. They are not foolish like Bawumia and the past NPP govt who refused to finish initiatives and programs from the NDC govt. I believe if this is how the NDC would operate, then NPP would never come to power again. If Akuffo Addo and that useless Northerner Bawumia could have finished NDC past govt project, Ghana would have seen the light. Bawumia is a useless. We would rather destroy ourselves than have Bawumia as our leader. Over our dead bodies, never kum lai, it would never happen
Thief of Staff - Akosua Frema 1 month ago

No problem. Thank God he didn't win the 2024 presidential elections.

No problem. Thank God he didn't win the 2024 presidential elections.
Erik 1 month ago

And so what. If it's bawumia's initiative. Sue the NDC that they have infringed on the intellectual property of your boss. Nonsense.

And so what. If it's bawumia's initiative. Sue the NDC that they have infringed on the intellectual property of your boss. Nonsense.
Kojois 1 month ago

Leave that copy and paste party. NDC visioless party always wanted to read what they do not sow.

Leave that copy and paste party. NDC visioless party always wanted to read what they do not sow.
Bernado 4 weeks ago

Your English is just too bad, my head even aches. You need IMPROVED FREE SHS!

Your English is just too bad, my head even aches. You need IMPROVED FREE SHS!
Raphael Abeam US 1 month ago

Seidu why do you insult Dr Ekua Amoakoh.You should greatly respect the woman. Why for you people always try to insult anyone who is not an NDC person. How many of such Dr's are in your family. Are you crazy?The earliest you s ...
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Seidu why do you insult Dr Ekua Amoakoh.You should greatly respect the woman. Why for you people always try to insult anyone who is not an NDC person. How many of such Dr's are in your family. Are you crazy?The earliest you stop that nonsense which most of you people comment the better
Raphael Abeam US 1 month ago

Why do allow some people to insult others on the comments section tion

Why do allow some people to insult others on the comments section tion
Asante 1 month ago

Silence is golden NPP. The stupidity of your people is nauseating. Every stupid thing only comes from the mouths of NPP. Looks like you should remain in opposition so that your policies can work.

Silence is golden NPP. The stupidity of your people is nauseating. Every stupid thing only comes from the mouths of NPP. Looks like you should remain in opposition so that your policies can work.
Boat STOP THAT NONSENSE. 1 month ago

Gyimi s3m saa. You blamed ndc for eight years of your bad governance and now claiming everything they are doing as yours.
What kind of logic is that.

Gyimi s3m saa. You blamed ndc for eight years of your bad governance and now claiming everything they are doing as yours.
What kind of logic is that.
Dread 1 month ago

And so what ?

And so what ?
DDT 1 month ago

It is not about lunching but implementation of the program. Ghana card and mobile interoperability was introduced during kuffour and Atta mills era but Bawumia claim it. Now the same Bawumia camp is crying foul. Governance is ...
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It is not about lunching but implementation of the program. Ghana card and mobile interoperability was introduced during kuffour and Atta mills era but Bawumia claim it. Now the same Bawumia camp is crying foul. Governance is continuation so we don't care who started it but it benefits to the citizens. If NDC does it well, they deserve the credit. Bawumia told the whole world that, he eliminated ghost names from NSS but only for we to find Kenyans, ancestors and toddlers on the pay list. A man who we were told was economic wiskid especially by his wife is now being branded as digital man. I think NPP should be silent for at least 2 years because their mismanagement and abuse is still fresh in our minds.
asonaba asiedu 1 month ago

well said my friend.

well said my friend.
box 1 month ago

bawumia claims mobile money interoperability as his initiative even though by the time NPP came to power the contract was awarded to subiton switch therefore bawumia can not be the originator. even the Ghana card he did not ...
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bawumia claims mobile money interoperability as his initiative even though by the time NPP came to power the contract was awarded to subiton switch therefore bawumia can not be the originator. even the Ghana card he did nothing. majority of the work was already done luckily for him they won power before Ghana card was rolled out. he never gave any credit those who did the work from the scratch to the point where the project came to life in 2017.
Saye 1 month ago

Govt is a continuum

Govt is a continuum
NART 1 month ago

EITHER BAWUMIA INITIATIVE OR NOT, HE IS STILL A LIAR AKA ( BAWULIAR) HE WILL NEVER BE PRESIDENT OF GHANA.

EITHER BAWUMIA INITIATIVE OR NOT, HE IS STILL A LIAR AKA ( BAWULIAR) HE WILL NEVER BE PRESIDENT OF GHANA.
Nii 1 month ago

And so what

And so what
OPPONG 1 month ago

HOW ABOUT THE ECONOMY. HOW THE EXCHANGE RATE. HOW ABOUT THE COST OF LIVING AND THE ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS GHANAIANS WENT THROUGH AND ARE STILL GOING THROUGH BECAUSE OF THE BAD AND NONSENSICAL ECONOMIC POLICIES OF THE CORRUPT AKUF ...
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HOW ABOUT THE ECONOMY. HOW THE EXCHANGE RATE. HOW ABOUT THE COST OF LIVING AND THE ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS GHANAIANS WENT THROUGH AND ARE STILL GOING THROUGH BECAUSE OF THE BAD AND NONSENSICAL ECONOMIC POLICIES OF THE CORRUPT AKUFFO ADDO LED GOVERNMENT WTH BAWUMIA AS THE HEAD OF THE ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT TEAM. THIS SO CALLED WALEWALE ADAM SMITH WHO TURNED OUT TO BE SOMEONE WITHOUT ANY PRACTICAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS KNOWLEDGE. WE ALL REMEMBER HIS TEXBOOK LECTURES BEFORE THE 2016 ELECTIONS. IF THE FUNDAMENTALS ARE WEAK, THE EXCHANGE RATE WOULD EXPOSE YOU. THE DOLLAR TO CEDI RATE UNDER HIS WATCH WAS AT SOME POINT 1 DOLLAR TO 17 CEDIS. BAWUMIA IS USELESS
Aba Atta 4 weeks ago

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Ghana’s health insurance and upcoming reforms | 4/15/2016

An expert Technical Committee led by health economist, Dr Chris Atim, is currently reviewing Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) with the ...
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Ghana’s health insurance and upcoming reforms | 4/15/2016

An expert Technical Committee led by health economist, Dr Chris Atim, is currently reviewing Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) with the aim of making proposals to the Government of Ghana for its fundamental reform.

The internationally acclaimed scheme currently has 11.2 million users, covering 41 per cent of the population, thus making it a critical social intervention in removing cost as a barrier to health care access in the quest for universal coverage. The design and implementation of the scheme since its inception have however raised serious questions about its sustainability.

The following article examines the key issues under consideration by the Technical Committee in the reform agenda, and explores the public reaction after three stakeholder meetings in Tamale, Kumasi and Accra through the lenses of Mr Peter Yeboah, a member of the Technical Committee and Executive Director of the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG).

2005 – 2014 Utilisation Patterns
From 2005 to 2012, active membership ballooned from 1.3 million to 8.9 million, an almost 600 per cent increase. Out-patient utilisation also increased from 598,000 to 29 million as of 2014 while inpatient utilisation increased from 29, 000 in 2005 to 1.6 million in 2014. This phenomenal growth in utilisation had implications for the cost of reimbursed claims with claims payment correspondingly increasing from GH¢7.6 million in 2005 to GH¢? 968 million in 2014. Over time, expenditures have gradually outstripped income, thus raising questions about the scheme’s financial sustainability.

By 2014, the National Health Insurance levy accounted for almost 74 per cent of the NHIS’s funding while SSNIT contributions and premium payments contributed 20.4 per cent and 3.4 per cent respectively. Interest on the fund accounted for 1.6 per cent.

Case for reform

Justifying the case for reform, the Technical Committee cites the following reasons; “Need to take stock of the scheme’s design and operations after over 10 years of existence, reported delays in reimbursement of claims to service providers, gradual erosion of confidence in the scheme as a result of unsatisfactory experiences with providers and at NHIA offices, perceptions of imminent collapse of the scheme, at least partly fed by media and politics, and simmering tensions and distrust between key stakeholders, especially between providers and the NHIA, among others.

After three public fora organised by the Technical Committee as part of a listening exercise, I caught up with Committee Member, Mr Peter Yeboah.

“In the main, members wanted evidence of that social contract with the government. They wanted more responsive health care providers and better quality of care which they defined as empathy, respect and friendliness. There were complaints from card-bearing members who were charged unauthorised fees by providers and many felt that the health system often saw and treated them as a burden because they were presumably adding to the debt of the facilities.”

Mr Yeboah also drew attention to frequent breakdowns of the NHIA’s biometric machines and the long resulting queues as members desperately sought to renew their membership upon expiration of their cards. In some places, members described the process of getting an NHIA registration card as akin “to getting a passport.”

Mr Peter Yeboah argued cogently that “For most people, contact with health facilities and to a lesser extent, the biometric registration sites are the most important determinants of public confidence in the scheme, which is why to achieve user satisfaction, critical attention ought to be paid to these.”

Providers, on the other hand, are concerned about delayed payments and reimbursements and uneconomic and unrealistic tariff structure, leading to inability to buy drugs, pay salaries and unauthorised charges, or so-called co-payment, and refusal to serve NHIS members in some cases. Additionally the committee identified concerns around “Provider behaviours that exacerbate costs (i.e. moral hazard) as a huge issue and major threats to sustainability”

“Are we as a country prepared to make choices, by for example, reducing the benefit package which has been described by numerous members as ‘too generous and unaffordable’ even as others clamour for the inclusion of more services?”, asked Mr Peter Yeboah. Some of these choices may hinge on amending the exemption regime that has also been described as too broad.

Reform framework

The Technical Committee has broadly categorised its recommendations into two parts; long term reforms and short term quick wins.

Among the quick wins are proposals for all outstanding claims to be reimbursed. This may include evolving a system for monthly payments to facilities in order to reduce their financial burden. Additional steps could be taken to improve relations between the scheme and providers.

For fundamental reforms, the Technical Committee has mapped out four critical areas within its review framework; Sustainability, Equity, Efficiency and Accountability/User Satisfaction. Recommendations targeting sustainability will seek to address the funding mechanisms while aligning the scheme to broader health sector goals. Equity will aim at increasing coverage for poor and vulnerable groups while efficiency will be viewed through the lenses of health services purchasing the scheme’s operations and improved knowledge and information systems for decision making. Public confidence in the scheme and a framework for its periodic review would be addressed as part of accountability/user satisfaction.

Other members of the Committee are Dr Victor Bampoe, Dr Obeng Apori, Prof Irene Agyepong, Huihui Wang and Nathaniel Otoo. The Committee aims to submit its proposals to government by June 2016.

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Ghanaba KK 4 weeks ago

CHEAP POLITIKING. THE WHOLE DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND REVOLUTION WAS STARTED BY THE NDC GOVERNMENT BEFORE 2017.
THE IDEA AND POLICY OF THE FREE SHS WAS ALSO STARTED ON A PILOT SCALE BY THE SAME NDC GOVERNMENTS.

CHEAP POLITIKING. THE WHOLE DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND REVOLUTION WAS STARTED BY THE NDC GOVERNMENT BEFORE 2017.
THE IDEA AND POLICY OF THE FREE SHS WAS ALSO STARTED ON A PILOT SCALE BY THE SAME NDC GOVERNMENTS.
Thebadboygoes7 4 weeks ago

I know Ghanaians know as well who Bawumia capabilities were in the lead up to 2024 general election and surely the outcome speaks for itself. Ghanaians rewarded Bawumia his deserved award.

I know Ghanaians know as well who Bawumia capabilities were in the lead up to 2024 general election and surely the outcome speaks for itself. Ghanaians rewarded Bawumia his deserved award.
Tosh 4 weeks ago

The 2026 budget, don't forget to add, is Bawumia's idea as well.

The 2026 budget, don't forget to add, is Bawumia's idea as well.

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