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NHIS to be 'reworked' with additional funding - Mahama
According to him, this is aimed at reworking the sustainability of the scheme.
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“In the next four years, a percentage of annual funding amount that come from petroleum revenues should be assigned to the NHIS,” he said.
President John Dramani Mahama made this known during his presentation of to a cross-section of Ghanaians, the highlights of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Manifesto for 2016.
The event comes ahead of the main launch of the Manifesto on Saturday September 17, in Sunyani in the Brong Ahafo Region.
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Representatives of international organisations, the Diplomatic Corps, business associations and youth groups are at the event which is being held at the State Banquet Hall, State House, Accra.
Background of the NHIS
The scheme over the years has been hit with a lot of challenges with health service providers threatening on several occasions not to attend to subscribers because they have not been paid their claims.
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In some cases, service providers have threatened to return to the days where health care service will only be delivered after patients have paid for the services.
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