Comments on: Health Insurance Miscellaneous Amendment Act

By: Build a Better Bermuda

Build a Better Bermuda — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 18:02:06 +0000

Should actually be Standard Premium Rate, not Standard Health Benefit.

By: Build a Better Bermuda

Build a Better Bermuda — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 17:44:31 +0000

So the reason for the the largest portion of the I ncrease to the Standard Health Benefit is to pay for the new hospital… and the opposition is protesting such a huge increase… so perhaps they would like to enlighten us to how they actually intended to pay for the hospital when they proceeded with the project. Surely they had a plan…

If only the PLP put more effort into figuring out how to sustainably cover the social programs, than the effort they to put into getting elected with PR and misinformation campaigns, we might not be in as deep a financial mess as we are in now.

By: Raymond Ray

Raymond Ray — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 12:37:02 +0000

How much more explicit can one be? I personally want to thank you Minister of Health, Seniors and Environment Jeanne Atherden for putting everything in layman terms. The simplicity of your presentation e.g. The changes being introduced in the Health Insurance [Miscellaneous] Amendment Act 2015 are to “support the strategic reforms planned for the health system,”

By: Hmm

Hmm — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 11:29:38 +0000

Blah blah blah. When is HIP going to cover something sensible? It’s a waste and cheap a$$ employers use it to simply meet the law requirement of providing insurance to their Employees! Address that in layman’s terms.

By: Kim Smith

Kim Smith — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 10:01:13 +0000

Does anyone know to whom we can direct questions regarding the above… where we can expect a response?

By: Jus' Askin'

Jus' Askin' — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 06:47:46 +0000

This is another place where NATIONALIZATION makes sense

If government offered different levels of coverage and was receiving all the monies being paid to the insurance companies, it would be a “Better Bermuda for All Bermudians”

This is truly a viable source of revenue for the government without adding any new taxes or raising old ones.

Government can go into the Insurance Business

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 07 Jun 2015 02:17:54 +0000

“The third set of changes pertains to the Mutual Reinsurance Fund [MRF]. These represent the largest increase to the SPR, an increase of $34.56.”
This is per month per person in addition!