Status Of The NHIS: The Bare Facts [Infographic]

The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is a social intervention program which provides financial risk protection against out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure for all residents in Ghana. The scheme is currently operational in all parts of the country.

In 2003, the law establishing the Scheme, National Health Insurance Act, 2003 (Act 650) was passed to regulate the operation of the NHIS. The law was reviewed in 2012 (Act 852) to make the Scheme more efficient and administratively more robust.

Membership of the NHIS: Growing or dwindling?

Membership of the NHIS has been growing steadily since 2005 when full operations began. About 40,000 people register/renew their membership of the scheme daily. From a membership of 1.3 million people in 2005, the NHIS now has a total of 11.3 million active members across the country (2015), representing 42% of Ghana’s current population. Membership of the Scheme is open to all Ghanaians and legally resident persons in Ghana.

The graph below depicts the scenario;