Yoo Naa decries illegal fees charged for healthcare services

The paramount chief of Yoo traditional area (Savelugu), Yoo Naa Abdulai Yakubu Andani says there is a compelling reason to avoid the routine practice of healthcare providers demanding monies (illegal fees) from active members of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) at the point of need.

He stressed that patients insured by the Scheme are often embarrassed when they don’t have money to pay for healthcare services.

Yoo Naa Abdulai Yakubu Andani raised the concern at his palace in Savelugu, when the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Chief Executive, the Governing Board and executive management paid a courtesy call on him.

He appreciated government’s efforts to sustain the NHIS and insisted that the Authority should promptly pay Claims submitted by service providers.

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