By Josephine Oguntoyinbo

The Director General, Ondo State Contributory Health  Commission (ODCHC), Dr Abiodun Oyeneyin said the commission is committed to ensuring quality health care gets to all LGs in the State .

He stated this during the Commission’s sensitisation meeting with the Management and Staff of the State Internal Revenue Service in Akure.

According to him, health insurance is the most effective and evidence based contributory mechanism for health care across the world, hence the need for both formal and informal sectors of the State to key into the scheme  for quick access to health  care .

While stating that  Orange Health Insurance Scheme (ORANGHIS ) for  public servants  is covering a principal enrollee, a spouse and four children below 18 years , he added that both suitable public and private hospitals will serve as providers in all the 18 Local Government areas of the State.

Oyeneyin  informed that the State government is  committed to the scheme and has promised to pay 60 percent of the premium to all civil servants, while the enrollees will pay 40 percent ,assuring that  the scheme which will soon commence will be implemented in a seamless way.

He assured the formal and informal sectors of an affordable package in order to guarantee the desired health coverage.

In his presentation, the Director ,Business Development and Marketing of the Commission, Dr Tolu Ademujimi explained that one of the mandates of the Commission is to ensure that everyone  has access to quality and affordable health care services at a meagre price.

He said that the mandated contribution  is three percent of what  public servants earned monthly, noting that individual are to only contribute 1.2 percent while the State government would pays  1.8 percent.

Ademujimi who said regional integration discussion  have commenced to enable enrollees receive/access health care  anywhere in the South West region,  informed that retirees health insurance scheme has been designed on paper and will soon be added.

He listed the benefit cover for  ORANGHIS to include outpatient consultation, immunisation and child welfare, common childhood diseases, drugs, eye, dental, x-rays, ultrasound scan,  minor surgery, physiotherapy and wellness programme among others

He stated that five developed health insurance of the Commission include,Abiyamo maternal and child health insurance scheme, Basic care provision fund programme , Orange health insurance scheme, Sunshine health insurance scheme and Student health insurance scheme.