Frequently Asked Questions

What is GhanaCare Ltd.?

GhanaCare is a company that provides health care coverage for your loved ones still living in Ghana, through a network of 20 hospitals and clinics serving all regions of Ghana.

How can I get this coverage for my loved ones left behind in Ghana?

By sponsoring your loved ones for as low as $100 per year. See the Services Offered for details which illustrate three plans, called Silver, Gold and VIP, with increasing levels of coverage and services.

How do the plans work?

You sponsor a Member or Members in Ghana and they choose their primary hospital or clinic. The Member is assigned to a family doctor and whenever the Member sees the doctor there is no charge. Annual physical checkups are also at no charge.

After I pay the $100 or whatever the plan calls for, will I pay anything else during the year?

You may, depending on services rendered to the Member. Some services, for example the first seven days in the hospital are at no charge. Charges for other services are drastically reduced (discounted), for example, referrals to a specialist and some of the tests done at the hospital.

Does the Member have to pay for the services at the time service is rendered?

No. The Member will never have to pay at time of service. For those services for which there is a discounted charge, GhanaCare will bill you, the Sponsor, every three months and the amount may range from zero to $10 or more depending on the services used by the Member. GhanaCare will not include any additional charges and a copy of the itemized bill from the hospital/clinic will be sent to the Sponsor.

Tell me more about GhanaCare, Ltd.

GhanaCare is an affiliate of HealthAfrica, Inc. and is backed by an international team that includes American professionals in the areas of medicine, health care administration, finance, and health care insurance.

GhanaCare Vision

• To make quality, affordable health care services available to all those still living in Ghana.

• Promote cost effective care in the private sector in Ghana using a managed care model and other innovative financing arrangements.

• Implement a health care model that encourages self reliance among Ghanaian nationals and indigenous Ghanaians and which is financially and structurally sustainable over the long run.

• Optimizing health care financing in Ghana and the rest of Africa by creating networks among indigenous Africans and non-African individuals and organizations that support sustainable health care delivery systems in Ghana.

• Building on our successes in Ghana, apply the same quality and financing principles to other African countries, making Ghana a health care leader in Africa.

Sustainable Health Care Financing in Ghana and West Africa

What began as a dream to build a hospital in his home country of Ghana when Emmanuel Tuffuor arrived in the United States in 1970 for higher education, culminated in 1991 with opening of the Aninwah Medical Center (AMC) in rural Emena , Ghana . During the intervening fifteen (15) years following his arrival in the USA , Emmanuel O. Tuffuor, now a U.S. citizen, completed a bachelor's degree at Bowling Green State University and a medical degree at Case Western Reserve University and opened a thriving, multi-site medical practice in Cleveland , Ohio . His all-consuming desire was to transform his own good fortune into financially sustainable health care for his fellow Ghanaians left behind in Ghana. Read more...

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Profile of Dr. Emmauel Tuffuor

		Dr. Tuffuor is a board certified internal medicine specialist who has been practicing in the greater Cleveland, Ohio area for the last fifteen years. His practice is open to patients of all varieties including a large senior population. Dr. Tuffuor is committed to the urban, inner city area and has spearheaded a number of major community initiatives designed to make health and human services available to the less fortunate. He is on the teaching faculty of Case Western Reserve University where he received his medical degree and has appointments in the departments of internal medicine and international health.
He is married to Tanya, a registered nurse, and has a daughter and two sons, all of whom, while actively engaged in their own professional pursuits, support Dr. Tuffuor's business and health care endeavors.