Kweku Agyemang Manu, Ghana's Minister of Health, claims that despite having a card for the National Health Insurance Scheme, he always pays using real cash when he goes to the hospital.He was adamant that he had paid cash for all of his medical appointments at the University of Ghana Medical Center (UGMC) and the Ridge Hospital."When I visit Ridge Hospital, I pay.
On Tuesday, April 18, 2023, he said in front of senior managers from the Ghana Health Service, "I don't even present my insurance card.The Ghanaian National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has some service providers, who the health minister accuses of extortion."There have been concerns about how people with health insurance are handled at practically all of our facilities.
Why then not use the negative term "extorting from the poor patients"? Noted him"From the end-user perspective, it appears that the health insurance is not working," it was further said.