[ 2016-11-15 ]

NATHANIEL OTOO, NHIA BOSS

NHIS enrolls 40,000 people every day – NHIA
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS)
enrolls forty thousand (40,000) people at day,
says the National Health Insurance Authority
(NHIA).

This figure consists of registrations and
membership renewals undertaken by all NHIS
district offices and registration centres across
the country.

Deputy Director of Communications at the NHIA,
Selorm Adonoo told Onantifuor on Ahotor FM’s
Nyansapor program on Saturday that the NHIS has
seen ample rise in its membership and the public
interest in the scheme keeps rising. According to
him, “an average of 40,000 people enroll onto
the NHIS every day.”

“40,000 people coming through our offices every
day, is quite a number. I think it is an
indication of high public confidence in the NHIS.
This explains why our registration centres and
district offices are constantly packed with
people, some of whom come very early in the
morning so they can beat the high numbers,”Mr
Adonoo mentioned.

According to Mr Adonoo, the preoccupation of the
NHIA is to ensure that “the process of acquiring
the NHIS card is more convenient than it is now.

“Ordinarily, it takes between 10 to 15 minutes
to get a card when one sits behind the machine.
However, due to the numbers, we are introducing
innovations to make it more convenient. An example
of what we are about to outdoor is the multiyear
renewal where NHIS members will have the option of
enrolling for two to four years at a go without
having to come to the office yearly to renew their
membership.This will be more cost effective, time
saving and convenient for our members as they
would save time and transportation cost to the
office annually,” he assured.

Daily enrollment onto the NHIS in 2005 was just
about 3,500, but Mr Adonoo says comparing this to
the 40,000 people a-day recorded currently is
evidence of the growing status of the scheme and
its popularity.

Responding to issues about challenges of the
scheme, he said the NHIA like any institution has
its fair share of challenges. He was nevertheless
quick to add that the existence of challenges
rather strengthens the resolve of administrators
of the scheme to keep finding solutions to issues
that may arise in the implementation of the NHIS
program.

The NHIS has been in full operation since 2005 and
in September 2015 a comprehensive review of the
scheme was commissioned by President Mahama.
Industry players say this is the first time such a
review has been instituted and the process when
completed will among other things propose reforms
that will re-position the scheme to better take on
the challenges of the future. Membership of the
NHIS stood at 11.3 million in December 2015 from
1.3 million in 2005.

Source - Kasapafm

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