The National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) received 10 billion Ghanaian cedis on Friday after the Ghanaian Parliament adopted the 2025 formula.
The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), a social intervention program designed to give all Ghanaians access to healthcare, is financially supported by the NHIF.
The government organization that oversees the NHIF and makes sure that its members are sufficiently covered is the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA).
GHc6.5 billion (65.1%) for 2025 claims, GHc1.2 billion (12.3%) for the National Health Insurance Authority’s operating costs, GHc124 million (1.2%) for support to the National Health Insurance Scheme District offices, and GH¢984 million (9.8%) for the Ministry of Health make up the proposed formula for the Fund’s distribution.
Speaking to reporters at Parliament House in Accra on Friday, Health Minister Mr. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh stated that since the NHIF received six billion Ghana cedi in 2024, resource allocation for the fund will grow to GH¢10 billion this year.
The minister explained that due to the uncapping of the NHIF in the 2025 Budget, the excess funds would be directed to supporting primary healthcare, filling the revenue gap created by the withdrawal of donor support to the health sector, and other portions would go to support the Ghana Trust Fund, otherwise known as ‘Mahama Care.’
Mr. Akandoh indicated that beyond the aforementioned allocations, the NHIF would also allocate funds towards dialysis treatment under the NHIS.
The Mahama-led Government had also put in place a policy framework for dialysis treatment in the country, the minister stated.
Since non-communicable illnesses (NCDs) account for 45% of the nation’s mortality, according to available data, Mr. Akandoh stated that the Mahama Care plan would finance chronic NCDs such as kidney infections and stroke.
Contributions from Social Security and the National Insurance Trust (SSNIT), the National Health Insurance Levy (NHIL), and the earnings on NHIF assets are used to finance the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF).
Through the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), which was created by the government in 2003, the NHIF makes sure that Ghanaians have access to affordable, high-quality healthcare.
Source: newsthemegh.com