The New Patriotic Party has waded into the NHIS capitation
pilot controversy in the Ashanti Region, with an endorsement of calls for a
suspension of the scheme.
Party executives have warned they will mobilize people to
join civil groups to demonstrate in protest.
The say the continued implementation of the scheme has
serious consequences on health delivery in the region following a boycott by private
health providers.
The NPP particularly wants the National Health Insurance
Authority to convince the public on why and how it decided to use Ashanti
Region for the pilot.
Regional Secretary, Samuel Pyne, accuses the NDC government of
politicizing the scheme by using party officials to speak for scheme instead of
leaving it to NHIA officials.
“If you’re making a piloting project do you take 30 percent
of the total of the scheme instead of taken maybe 2 percent so that when there
is a challenge you can easily address it like what we are been confronted now?
Secondly, on what basis should national executives of the ruling NDC come in
the region to do advocacy for the health Insurance Authorities instead of the mandated
functional officers of the scheme who suppose to do that?” he questioned.
The piloting of the National Insurance Scheme Capitation has
been condemned by most stakeholders and health experts since its introduction
in January this year.
Story: Kofi Asante Ennin/Nhyira Fm-Ghana
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