The Government and Hospital Pharmacists Association (GHOSPA) is advocating for a quick review of the prices of National Health Insurance Medicine Lists.
GHOSPA says the current prices were outdated given the depreciation of the cedi and the high inflationary rate.
The concerns were captured in a statement issued by GHOSPA.
“A lot of the medicines on the NHIS Medicines List are lagging by an average of 100% of current market prices,” the statement said.
“For example, a tablet of Paracetamol, which used to cost 0.05 Ghana Cedis, is now 0.21 GHS on the market, whilst the NHIS price is currently set at 0.09 GHS.”
It further asked the NHIA “to depart from the usual practice of waiting for 1-year or more before updating the NHIS Medicines List.”
“We are not living in normal times and, therefore, the Authority must act as such,” the association said.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
