The Ghana Free Universal Access to Health Care Campaign (GFUAHCC), Civil Society Organisation (CSO), has noted with concern the World Bank's suggestion of cost sharing as a means of bringing financial sustainability to the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
The Campaign is particularly against the World Bank's recommended use of co-payments for some covered services and sections of the populations (who are able to pay) as a strategy for increasing NHIS revenue and directing utilisation towards more cost effective services. However, the Bank doesn't say which services or medicines should attract co-payment.
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