The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has embarked on a free registration exercise for the aged above 70 years on to the scheme to enable them access quality healthcare free of charge.
The exercise was under the theme: “Co-payment at providers’ sites: Barrier to the sustenance of NHIS”.
Mr. Edward Frimpong, Kwabre District Manager of the NHIA, said during the registration exercise that the initiative was not limited to the aged, but would provide services for clients who had misplaced their cards, and those who were yet to register for the first time.
He said the NHIA would use the opportunity to educate or sensitise the general public on the NHIS App, Mobile renewal using*929#, Ghana Card linkage to the NHIS, Free maternal registration, and the free registration for the aged above 70 years.
He disclosed that the exercise also provides instant active cards for pregnant women, the aged, and children less than five years.
Mr. Frimpong appealed to the service providers to desist from taking monies from their clients who are on the National Health Insurance Scheme, because such an attitude discourages the victims from registering, which leads to non-renewal of their cards, and eventual collapse of the scheme.
He expressed worry about extortion of monies by some healthcare providers from vulnerable clients and billing the government for the same service they had already charged.
Mr. Seth Adu- Adjei, Public Relations Officer for the Kwabre NHIA, also took the public through the process of registering with My Mobile App and its benefits.
He also explained to them the importance of being linked to the Ghana Card with the National Health Insurance.
