The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) is on a manhunt for credentialled service providers who are demanding extra money (out of pocket payments) for medical services covered by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
In collaboration with the law enforcement agencies, the Authority has hastened its investigations into widespread cases of extortions and will soon punish the offenders.
This comes at the back of recent complaints by the Scheme’s members who are livid over the conduct of some service providers at the point of healthcare delivery.
The Authority’s Deputy Chief Executive in charge of Operations, Mrs Vivian Addo-Cobbiah, brought this to the fore when she met a team from Corruption Watch Ghana. “There is no justification for providers charging the Scheme’s members for services funded by the NHIS.”
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Given the good intentions behind the health insurance, what could go wrong?
We are all familiar with the options when somebody falls seriously ill. One, go to one of the public hospitals, some of which are very good - the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) and Jinnah Hospital come to mind - and charge nominal fees, especially from the poor. However, many are overcrowded, suffer from serious deficits in infrastructure and have doctors who are not motivated to provide high quality care. Two, go to a private hospital. Depending on your ability to pay, the quality and care there ranges all the way from top-of-the-line to downright dangerous, but generally, doctors there will try and do what they can - even do “too much”. The money they make depends on your experience.
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The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Ekiti branch, on Friday, appealed to the Federal Government to include its members in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
The Secretary of NBA Ikole-branch, Mr Oluwasola Olarewaju, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ado-Ekiti.
He said the association had proposed to set up a committee on NHIS to lawyers across the country, in line with the initiative of the NBA President, Mr Olumide Akpata.
According to Olanrewaju, the scheme is to help lawyers have accessible and affordable medical treatment to reduce the cost expended on their health.
Daily Monitor
Friday April 30 2021
Summary
In 2016, the government of Uganda developed a health financing strategy to facilitate the attainment of sustainable development goal three (SDG3) of ensuring Universal Health Coverage.
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Providing affordable healthcare to the population of low- and middle-income countries is a persistent development issue.
In 2016, the government of Uganda developed a health financing strategy to facilitate the attainment of sustainable development goal three (SDG3) of ensuring Universal Health Coverage.
This can be achieved by making the required resources for delivery of essential health services for Ugandans available, in an efficient and equitable manner. Revenue collection and risk pooling mechanisms such as insurance are one way of doing this.