Cash and carry can never be abolished - Huudu Yahaya

The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Alhaji Huudu Yahaya, has said that the Cash and Carry system adopted by the NDC can never be abolished, writes The Daily Guide.

He said it would be very difficult for any government to completely abolish the Cash and Carry system and replace it with the proposed National Health Insurance Scheme, because it will be difficult to fund the hospitals.

The Health Insurance concept would create shortage of essential drugs at the hospitals, he noted at a farewell reception organised in honour of the former Vice-President, Professor Evans Atta-Mills, to mark his departure to British Columbia, Canada, to take up an appointment to help promote greater understanding of African Development and Governance Issues.

The General Secretary described the NPP government’s promise of establishing a National Health Insurance Scheme as a “political promise” which would never work.

He said all over the world, including communist countries, people are made to pay before a patient is treated with the exception of emergency cases where patients are treated and later, allowed to make payments.

The Minister of Health, Dr. Richard Anane has however outdoored a framework, to introduce the draft of a National Insurance Scheme to provide adequate health needs for all Ghanaians.