Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme Fee Exemptions
Basic Information
Country
Geographic area
Population group
Women, Mother, Pregnant, Lactating women
Programme Details
Programme objectives
To improve the population’s access to affordable health care services
Monchuk, V. 2014. Reducing poverty and investing in people: the new role of safety nets in Africa.
Washington, DC: World Bank. Accessed 11 November 2015. <https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/
bitstream/handle/10986/16256/9781464800948.pdf?sequence=1>.
Start date
2003
Monchuk, V. 2014. Reducing poverty and investing in people: the new role of safety nets in Africa.
Washington, DC: World Bank. Accessed 11 November 2015. <https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/
bitstream/handle/10986/16256/9781464800948.pdf?sequence=1>.
Coverage
6.7 million people benefit from the fee exemptions.
World Bank. 2016 (forthcoming). Ghana: Social Protection Assessment and Expenditure
Review. Washington, DC: World Bank.
Programme expenditure
GHS2.5 million in 2014.
Ministry of Health. 2013. Parliamentary Statement by the Hon. Minister of Health on the Status
of the National Health Insurance Scheme. Banjul: Ministry of Health. Accessed 11 November 2015.
<http://www.nhis.gov.gh/files/NHIS%20Financial%20Status-%20Minister’s%20Statement.pdf>.
Targeting and eligiblity
Targeting methods
Means Test
Targeted areas
Nationwide
Target groups
Extremely poor people; pregnant women
Eligibility criteria
To be considered indigent and exempt from payment of a premium,
beneficiaries must have no source of income or fixed place of residence,
nor live or depend on a person who is employed and has a fixed
place of residence. Other groups who benefit from exemption of
all fees are pregnant women and beneficiaries of Livelihood
Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP).
National Health Insurance Scheme. n.d. “Frequently Asked Questions.” NHIS website. Accessed 11
November 2015. <http://www.nhis.gov.gh/Faqs/the-benefits-of-the-national-health-insurance-scheme-2>.
World Bank. 2016 (forthcoming). Ghana: Social Protection Assessment and Expenditure
Review. Washington, DC: World Bank.
Coverage and other information
Type of benefits
Health care benefits
Benefit recipients
Indigent people, pregnant women and LEAP beneficiaries.
