Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has launched the integration of the National Health Insurance Card with the Ghana Card and said Ghanaians can now use the Ghana card to renew their NHIS membership through mobile money.
He said NHIS cardholders will also be able to use their Ghana Card to access health services at all accredited providers and added that this pilot is being launched for the start of “NHIS Week.”
Dr. Bawumia also announced that integration between the Ghana Card and the Tax Identification Numbers, SSNIT cards, Passport, DVLA, Bank Accounts, and SIM cards will be launched in the early part of 2021 and together with the Universal QR Code for payments, will make Ghana a functional digital economy.
The Vice President said “Today, as part of Government policy to make the Ghana Card the standard ID for all residents in Ghana, the NHIA is launching the next step in the digitization journey – the linkage of the Ghana Card with the NHIS card. After today, NHIS members can through their mobile phone using *929# will link their NHIS card to their Ghana Card.
He continued, “With the agenda of Ghana Card being the sole form of identification and access to social services, NHIA has taken the steps in making that happen by linking NHIS membership to the Ghana card. This fits very well into the inclusiveness agenda of the government to leave no one behind and the NHIS is on this path in its quest to provide affordable healthcare to all residents of Ghana.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
