The National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer for the December elections, President John Mahama, has said the next\u00a0NDC administration\u00a0after 2016, will push for the allocation of petroleum revenue for the funding of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).<\/p>\n
President Mahama said there is the need to rework the sustainability of the NHIS, hence the need to \u201clook for new sources of funding for the National Health Insurance.\u201d<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”eBWkYW96BbstDsfRppk9NUYD1sBrpci7″]Thus he said, \u201cin the next four years, my proposal is that a percentage of the annual budget funding amount that comes from petroleum revenues should be allocated to the National Health Insurance Scheme.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking at the Banquet Hall of the State House on Wednesday to highlight sections of the NDC manifesto ahead of the main launch this weekend in Sunyani, he also said this proposal will “provide the life for the scheme and make if more efficient.”<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are taking out the fraud, we are introducing more computerisation, bringing in more claim centres and all that; and so it will make the scheme more efficient going into the future,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
NDC will build 2 more Mental Health facilities<\/strong><\/p>\n Also under health, President Mahama said the\u00a0NDC government would prioritize mental healthcare and ensure the strict implementation of the Mental Health Act, 2012, act 846.\u201d<\/p>\n One the things he proposed was to \u201cmove the Accra Psychiatric Hospital from its current location to Pantang, and develop the Pantang Mental Hospital into a first class mental health facility.\u201d<\/p>\n The NDC will also build two\u00a0more psychiatric hospitals\u00a0in the Ashanti and Northern region, President Mahama added.<\/p>\n Follow the hashtag\u00a0#GhElections\u00a0<\/strong>on social media for more election related stories<\/em><\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer for the December elections, President John Mahama, has said the next\u00a0NDC administration\u00a0after 2016, will push for the allocation of petroleum revenue for the funding of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS). President Mahama said there is the need to rework the sustainability of the NHIS, hence the need to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":248091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2647,2648,19,58,10,11],"tags":[2356,3,129,11746,11779],"yoast_head":"\n