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Health insurance premium collectors
urged to work hard
Asamankese, July 8, Ghanadot/GNA- The West Akim District
Chief Executive, Mr Kwabena Sintim-Aboagye has said, the
success or otherwise of the National Health Insurance Scheme
(NHIS) would largely depend on the hard work and honesty of
the premium collectors otherwise known as registration
officers.
He therefore urged them to re-double their efforts and
exhibit tact and patience in their work to be able to get
more people in their various areas of operation to register.
Mr. Sintim-Aboagye was addressing a meeting of
collectors/registration Officers of the West Akyem District
Mutual Health Insurance Scheme at Asamankese.
He said the NHIS was set up by President J.A. Kufuor to
bring relief to the poor.
It was therefore essential for all Ghanaians, especially
those directly connected with the operation of the scheme
such as the collectors to ensure its success.
Mr Sintim-Aboagye said the West Akyem District Assembly was
determined to do all it could to assist the scheme.
That was why it was providing logistics such as vehicles,
office accommodation and funds to pay for the scheme's
indebtedness to service providers, while awaiting release of
allocation from the National Health Insurance Council.
He said the district assembly would provide new
air-conditioned offices in the central business area of the
district for the scheme where the secretariat of the scheme
was expected to move to within a month.
The DCE urged the collectors to ensure massive registration
and to give the management of the scheme feedback from the
public on how the services rendered by the scheme could be
improved.
Mr. Hanson Brako, the Scheme Manager, denied media reports
that the scheme offices had been closed down as a result of
malpractices and explained that, though there was a problem
which was being dealt with by the appropriate authorities,
the offices were open and doing its normal work to enable
the people access affordable health care.
Mr Aboagye Boye, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the
scheme, advised beneficiaries not to abuse the scheme and
that they should only attend hospital when it was absolutely
necessary to do so.
"Some of you attend health facilitates as many as four times
a month just because you are members of the scheme".
Mr. J. K Aryeh, Chairman of the collectors association,
called for an increase in the commission paid to collectors
and that they should also be provided with raincoats,
wellington boots and bicycles to facilitate their work.
He said when the premium was GH 7.20 cedis (72,000 cedis),
collectors were receiving five percent commission and when
it increased to GH 12.00 cedis (120,000 cedis), they also
deserved an increase of about 20 per cent.
Miss Susana Sackey, a member of the board of the scheme
asked collectors to ensure that they register those who
qualify and that a team would be sent to verify such claims.
GNA
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