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Some people refusing to join insurance
scheme for fear of dying
Begoro (E/R), Dec. 13, Ghanadot/GNA- Reports indicate that
some people in the Fanteakwa District are refusing to
register with the Mutual Health Insurance Scheme because of
the belief that they would die when they attend hospitals
after joining the scheme.
Mr Kwadwo Agyei, the Member of Parliament for Fanteakwa,
said this in a speech read on his behalf at the second
Annual General Meeting of the Fanteakwa District Mutual
Health Insurance Scheme at Begoro on Wednesday.
Mr Agyei urged the people to disabuse their minds of such
negative belief and join the scheme.
He said some people also complained that their reluctance to
join the scheme was the delay by the scheme management to
issue out identity cards to registered members on time and
urged the scheme to take steps to address those concerns.
Mr Agyei appealed to those who would not be in a position to
pay for the registration fee of 120,000 cedis to contact him
for assistance.
The Reverend Canon Mate-Kwadwo, Chairman of the Board of
Directors, said the scheme as at July this year registered
42,525 people, representing 50 percent of the district
population.
He said the scheme was progressing steadily and called for
closer co-operation of the various stakeholders as well as
beneficiaries to contribute to the success of the scheme.
Mr Kwadwo Affram Asiedu, Eastern Regional Minister, appealed
to the public to adhere to sound environmental practices.
This, he said in a speech read on his behalf, would
contribute to sustaining the Health Insurance Scheme and
also minimize government expenditure in the Health Sector.
Mr Affram Asiedu said the mutual health insurance scheme had
come to stay adding that the cash and carry system of health
care delivery would soon belong to the past.
GNA
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