Sentences with phrase «ghana?s national health insurance»

Theatrics aside, Sanders» bill would create a national health insurance program managed by the federal government and modeled on the current Medicare program.

Medicare is a national health insurance program that started in 1966.

Going well beyond dealing with the deepening recession and financial crisis, the President wants $ 630 billion to move toward national health insurance.

To those who think it would be more expensive than what they have, look around, every nation that has national health insurance pays far less for better care than what we pay here in the good old US of A.

The program, which is aimed at poverty alleviation, also entitles its recipients to the provision of free health care, through the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).

It may interest you to know that Oracle just organized a workshop for all these critical stakeholders including Customs, Immigration, National Health Insurance Scheme, Private Sectors, Police in order for us to share what they called Cloud Services.

What special effort must inform a police officer to arrest and prosecute youth activists of the New Patriotic Party in Atebubu when they visited mayhem on officers of the National Health Insurance Scheme, sacked them from the office and locked up their premises?

Again, on the revival of the National Health Insurance Scheme, President Akufo - Addo stressed that his government has, by dint of prudent management within the short space of nine months, cleared GH cents 560 million out of the GH cents 1.2 billion of debt inherited from the previous government.

The party said the recall of the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof Yussuf Usman smacks of a brazen display of impunity adding that until the President clears the mess associated with this recall, his government would be seen as promoting graft.

It would be recalled, that several acts of vandalism had occurred over the past 12 months from the seizure of toll booths, toilets, National Health Insurance offices, the beating of a regional security coordinator, to the freeing of members of the Delta Forces standing trial before a court of competent jurisdiction.

1.2 billion owed the National Health Insurance Providers to this major social intervention on a new course.

With the restoration of the National Health Insurance Scheme being a major campaign pledge, Nana Akufo - Addo noted that his government has found it necessary to find the money to stave the scheme off collapse.

Though church members have not been told reasons for the frequent presence of BNI operatives at the church, everything points to the fact that the former Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), Mr. Sylvester Mensah aka (Sly), is being trailed by the BNI.

Among the names making rounds as possible flagbearers are former Rector of the University of Professional Studies Accra (UPSA), Joshua Alabi, former Minister of Trade and Industry, Ekwow Spio - Garbrah; former Speaker of Parliament, Edward Doe Adjaho and former National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) CEO, Sylvester Mensah.

We want someone to come to office to solve our problems, not somebody who sits in office and says I am a Northern President so I am going to let them steal your SADA money, cancel your Teacher and Nursing Training Allowances, collapse the National Health Insurance Scheme and not provide any services for your socio - economic advancement; that is not the type of Northern President we want.

Government paid GH cents 600 million out of the total government indebtedness to the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and this has improved funding and smooth running of hospitals.

The National Health Insurance Scheme exists to ensure that citizens obtain quality health care at all times.

The early administrations didn't seem to prioritize national health insurance or directly subsidize access to medicine.

The National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS is fully functional with many more people subscribing on daily basis.

The figure rose to 9.34 million in 2008, and over trebled to 29million in 2014, according to statistics by the National Health Insurance Authority.

The Prison officer's wish list also included drugs for managing hypertension which she said is not covered under the National Health Insurance (NHIS).

And I am coming to revive the National Health Insurance Scheme, which ensured that the poor in society gained access to healthcare without the financial burden which used to be associated with healthcare delivery (under the cash and carry regime),» he told supporters at Nkrankwanta and Diaba, both in the Dormaa West constituency of the Brong Ahafo Region.

«We begin not just with the physical rehabilitation, but with the preparation of the human material in our healthcare delivery system, and the rehabilitation and revival of the National Health Insurance Scheme.

President Mahama said currently the National Health Insurance Scheme's (NHIS) subscription, has increased from 597,000 members in 2005,...

[188] Health care is very variable throughout Ghana and in 2012, over 12 million Ghanaian nationals were covered by the National Health Insurance Scheme (Ghana)(NHIS).

«National Health Insurance was started during the Rawlings era.

National Health Insurance Utilization has increased from 9.3 million to 29.6 million and claims payment increased from GHC 183.1 million to GHC1, 073 million.

So you can't pay District Assemblies Common Fund, you can't pay NHIS (National Health Insurance Scheme), you can't pay GETFund (Ghana Education Trust Fund), you can't pay other salaries and things, because all your money is going into Free Senior High School,» he said.

Ghana's Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, has said the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), which is believed to be the brainchild of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), began during the era of former President Jerry John Rawlings.

Ghana's president, Nana Akufo - Addo recently expressed optimism that all arrears owed service providers under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) would be cleared within 18 months.

A whole secretariat was started, research was done, there were reports and there were pilot schemes for the National Health Insurance.

The Electoral Commission says names of persons who registered with National Health Insurance cards will not be deleted from the electoral roll.

The NHIS is currently financed by pooled contribution from a Value Added Tax of 2.5 % earmarked National Health Insurance Levy and other sources including social security, contribution from formal sector workers, insurance premium etc..

Demand real universal health care: Single - payer national health insurance, with guaranteed treatment and medicine regardless of age, ability to pay, employment, prior medical condition, including choice of doctors and hospitals.

President Akufo - Addo has been touting the achievements of his government in stabilizing the economy, implementing the Free SHS and clearing a huge chunk of the debt owed by National Health Insurance Scheme in the past one year.

«The Council approved the memo that henceforth we will include NYSC members in the National Health Insurance Scheme across the country and this will guarantee access to quality healthcare across the country, prevent unnecessary deaths and also ensure that the NYSC members receive the highest (attainable) level of healthcare services across the country,» said the Adewole.

According to him, the resources used in developing the country under President John Agyekum Kufour, which he said totalled GHS20 billion, helped the party to facilitate the Capitation Grant, National Youth Employment Programme (NYEP), School Feeding Programme, free Metro Mass bus rides for school children, National Health Insurance, free maternal care, and the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme, amongst others.

«I will liaise with the women to get to know the exact number to see how best I can support them to register with national health insurance,» he told Starr News Sunday after the leader of the group had made it known that about half of the members were not health - insured.

About 500 widows not health - insured About five hundred identifiable widows at Navrongo, according to the President of the association, Madam Lamisi Weyiramogwi Atiim, are not covered under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).

«For the National Health Insurance Scheme, we underwent a long period of consultations before Kufuor established National Health Insurance.

Speaking on Adom FM the former Chief Executive of the National Health Insurance Authority said it would be absurd to have all contestants and opponents smiling and holding hands into executive party position elections and presidential primaries.

The Supreme Court's directive asking the Electoral Commission (EC) to produce the list of persons whose names were captured onto the voters» register using the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) card as proof of Ghanaian citizenship, expires today, June 29.

Former Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance (NHIA), Sylvester Mensah, has said that he will be better than John Dramani Mahama if he is given the chance to lead the country.

The Supreme Court will today [Thursday], June 30 2016, hear the suit in which former People's National Convention (PNC) Youth Organizer, Abu Ramadan, is asking it to compel the Electoral Commission, to delete names of voters on the register, who got onto the electoral roll through the use of the National Health Insurance Scheme card as a proof of Ghanaian...

The Chief Executive of the NHIA, Nathaniel Otoo, has described the number of people visiting NHIA district offices to enroll onto the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) as an indication of the growth and relevance of the Scheme to Ghanaians.

Lawyers for Abu Ramadan, former National Youth Organizer of the People's National Convention (PNC), have rejected the list of 56,000 persons presented to the Supreme Court by the Electoral Commission, as the full list of persons whose names were captured on the voters» register, with the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) card as proof of Ghanaian citizenship.

Breast and cervical cancers are covered by the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), the public must therefore not wait till the cancer gets to its worst stages before seeking care, says the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA).

The Electoral Commission today [Wednesday], officially submitted what is supposed to be the full list of persons who found their way onto the voters» register using the National Health Insurance Scheme card as a proof of Ghanaian citizenship, prior to the 2012 elections.

The President's technical committee tasked to review the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has recommended a guaranteed universal primary healthcare basket for all residents in Ghana.

So many unforced errors; take for instance, the suspended Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Usman Yusuf, that was reinstated by the President.