“Contrary to the flowery and rosy picture that the President continues to paint at every given opportunity about the health of the NHIS, the fact is that, the NHIS is on the verge of collapse,” the NDC stated. “The statistics depict the declining confidence of Ghanaians in the NHIS and expose the dire straits that the scheme has been plunged into by the government,” the NDC stated. Irony of expendituresIronically, the NDC pointed out that while there was a clear decreasing trend in the active membership of the scheme, compensation to staff of the scheme was increasing. According to the party, from a compensation payment of GH¢115 million in 2016, the amount had gone up to GH¢132 million, GH¢168 million and GH¢211.28 million in 2017, 2018 and 2019. “This points to the misapplication of NHIF funds by the government and we can speak of several such instances.

Source: GhanaWeb April 17, 2019 09:22 UTC