The National Health Insurance Fund has never been invested in Menzgold – Report

General News of Saturday, March 30, 2019

Source: peacefmonline.com

2019-03-30

The funds of the national health insurance scheme have never been invested in Menzgold.

However, the National Health Insurance Agency (NHIA) has invested in term deposits with other financial institutions.

The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) expects to receive a total of 2,534.89 billion Ghc in 2019 from the National Health Insurance Tax / SSNIT and the following year. other sources to fulfill its mandate during the year.

This is contained in the report of the Committee of the Whole on the proposed formula for the payment of the National Health Insurance Fund for 2019, which has been approved by the House today.

The Honorable Joseph Osei Owusu, Chair of the Committee of the Whole and First Vice-President of the House, introduced the motion to adopt the committee's report.

According to the report, the number of active members covered by the NHIS rose to 10.4 million (34.7% of the country's estimated population) by the end of 2018.

The NHIA forecasts an estimated coverage of 12.4 million (41.3% of the estimated population) in 2019 according to the report submitted by the Honorable Joseph Osei Owusu.

Hon Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, a member of the Minority Health Rankings and MP for Juaboso, said the health sector was seriously challenged and that it was working poorly in terms of resource availability or of funds, but that the government was not honest with the population problem.