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Developments:
Collection of the levies for Ghana's ambitious National Health Insurance Scheme began today. The scheme aims to provide affordable basic health care to all Ghanaians, and free care to the poorest. It wil be funded by a 2.5% value added tax on certain items, and a monthly subscription of 6,000 cedis (around 35p) for those who can afford to pay. Some of the savings from Ghana's recently announced debt relief will also be used. President John Kufuor hopes the NHIS will replace the country's "cash and carry" system, which leads to such perversities as healthy people being detained in hospitals because they can't pay their fees. A detailed description of the scheme is available on allAfrica.com.
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