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The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has started a process to remove the current health insurance card and replace it with the Ghana Card for the same purpose

Piloting of the change-over will begin in October 2020 in smaller units for people above 14 years who have the Ghana Card, before it will be rolled out on a larger scale across the country.

The piloting will be done gradually at selected sites, and children 14 years and below will continue to use their National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) cards to access health care throughout the period until access to the Ghana Card is extended to them.

The NHIS card is used to access healthcare at accredited facilities for conditions covered under the scheme.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the authority, Dr. Lydia Baaba Dsane-Selby, announced this at Morso in the Asante Akim South District in the Ashanti Region last Sunday during a registration exercise for residents onto the NHIS, courtesy a GH¢10,000 sponsorship by the Adontenhene of the community, Nana Otuo Acheampong.

The NHIA also renewed expired cards for residents, as Nana Acheampong’s gesture stretched to cover more than 500 residents of Morso.