The Plateau State Contributory Health Management Agency (PLASCHEMA) has commenced the enrolment of retirees into its equity plan of the State Social Health Insurance Scheme to enable retired workers to access free healthcare.
The Director-General of PLASCHEMA, Dr Agabus Manasseh, said during the enrolment on Tuesday in Jos, that the act was to ensure that retirees had access to basic healthcare.
Manasseh said this would help to alleviate the financial burden of medical care by the retirees in Plateau state.
He explained that the enrollment was for retirees and urged them to make themselves available to enable them to access the premium under the equity plan of the Basic Health Care Provision Fund (BHCPF) annually.
He commended Gov. Caleb Mutfwang for releasing over N300 million in counterpart funding toward accessing the BHCPF, which was deployed to provide free health coverage for retirees.
The Chairman, of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP), Jos North branch, Mr Usman Mohammed commended Mutfwang and PLASCHEMA for the enrollment, which would enable registered retirees to have access to free medical services.
Mohammed appealed to other governors to emulate Mutfwang, as this would help to alleviate the financial burden experienced by retirees in accessing healthcare.
He called on the retirees to make themselves available for enrolment to get captured for the free health insurance coverage.
The agency would go around the 17 local government areas of Plateau state to enrol the retired workers.
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