Comments on: ‘Patients 1st’ Respond To Premier’s Comments

By: Shakinmyhead

Shakinmyhead — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 15:58:15 +0000

I smell a new party….. Patients 1st leads in the next election!

By: STRAIGHTFORWARD

STRAIGHTFORWARD — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 15:36:08 +0000

This headline Patients First……we cannot always believe what we read. It is not necessarily the truth!!
Could be rather misleading, actually!!

By: Oops

Oops — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 13:06:06 +0000

He does not have the experience nor the mindset to govern as a senior statesman! I am not voting PLP this time around!

By: Kareliabda

Kareliabda — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:35:06 +0000

Can you believe the fiscal irresponsibility if handing over $300,000,000.to any organization without defining on what it must be spent? That’s right – no rules. So the administration, who always fail to see the elephant in the room that is their Own bloated numbers and salaries, will cut costs the only other way they can. By cutting patient services – one Operating Room already closed and the threat of more to come! Nursing positions to drop. Shedding 50% of the administrators would save more and maintain levels of patient care!

By: Kareliabda

Kareliabda — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 11:34:32 +0000

By: sandgrownan

sandgrownan — Tue, 18 Feb 2020 00:59:31 +0000

HE SHOULD RESIGN.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 23:51:55 +0000

Zane will be the next premier.

By: cpm

cpm — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 23:17:55 +0000

Statue agreed so now can we sort out the debt,immigration and health care?

By: cpm

cpm — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 23:16:17 +0000

We have elected these people to run our island
All they want to do is follow their own agendas

By: truthertz

truthertz — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 21:13:42 +0000

What do you expect from a ‘leader’ that publicly calls any form of opposition to his policies as ‘enemies?’

By: Premier Burt has it wrong here

Premier Burt has it wrong here — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 20:26:16 +0000

This is no way for a senior statesman to act toward everyday tax paying citizens who have a concern about an issue that directly impacts them and their families.

The Premier should show empathy and support for citizen’s concerns.

Rather, he acts in a petulant manner with a bully’esque response.

Premier shame on you.

By: Triangle Drifter

Triangle Drifter — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 15:37:46 +0000

The shameful thing is that although 12,000 have signed the petition there are many many more who are unaware of what this Government is up to & will not protest until it actually hits them in the pocket.

By then it will be too late to be complaining. Unfortunately this is the typical MO in Bermuda. Sit & do nothing till it slaps you in the face.

By: Changing Tides

Changing Tides — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 13:31:58 +0000

Burt is a Puppet and is only doing what he is told.

The real story is

Ewart Brown could be likely behind all of this Health Care Government take over and Brown will prosper greatly from it all, if it goes through.

He is not done yet messing with our Island home.

25-11 Get what you vote for.

By: Bermudian

Bermudian — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 12:52:30 +0000

Does it matter who organized the group? Point is the PEOPLE agree with the group so LISTEN to the PEOPLE!

By: wahoo

wahoo — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 12:32:41 +0000

It’s okay in his mind how so f’ed up everything has become under his leadership. He will just rename holidays and build statues to appease and distract the masses. This island is a mess you can say all you want about the UBP but they never put us in debt and they created a middle class under the UBP both our financial pillars were thriving and we were the envy of all smaller jurisdictions but not now. More than anything we know that this administration cannot run anything without cost overruns and accusations of mismanagement and that is why more than anything else I do not want them handling one penny of my insurance.

By: Joe Bloggs

Joe Bloggs — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 12:27:47 +0000

“The Premier’s statement that health insurance companies are running the group Patients 1st is absolutely untrue”

What were you expecting from a politician, respect for a differing point of view?

By: Ringmaster

Ringmaster — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 11:31:01 +0000

Such arrogance from the Premier. “Who are you, come to my office and show your faces”. This is not pre school, the healthcare reforms are serious matters and the PLP have not exactly been a shining example of openness and transparency.
Grow up and start acting like a Premier. Start by demanding the BHB gets their way overdue financials current and in the public eye, before agreeing to give them $330 million. In the real world it could be seen as aiding and abetting not to do so.

By: Franklin

Franklin — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 11:28:47 +0000

What about the groups that the PLP basically ran during the OBA short stint of time?

By: Gina

Gina — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 11:13:15 +0000

You are so wrong Burt, as usual. This is a cash grab for you and yours. I will loose my overseas coverage or have to pay some crazy rate for what you like to call “supplemental insurance” if I want to keep it…….. That plus an additional $1500 a month (for 3 of us) for your “glorified HIP”, will cost me and my family probably $3,000 a month for health insurance. And for you to say we will still be able to keep our doctors, and copays will be less is Bull! I barley have a copay now! Doctors will leave because they won’t be able to afford to practice here, not to mention the loooooooooooong wait times to see a doctor for a back ache, that hopefully isn’t cancer, because it will take me months to see a doctor and get an MRI. You aren’t LISTENING TO US! You just deflect, accuse Patients 1st of being run by COE’s of Insurance companies…….get it together man, and ANSWER our questions. To date you have kept ALL of Bermuda in the dark because you yourself don’t know how your Healthplan 2020 will work. Can’t there be a solution for the 20% of Bermudians who are uninsured or underinsured rather than take away the healthcare for the other 80% who have it. LISTEN TO US IF YOU CARE!

By: Trump supporter

Trump supporter — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 09:45:28 +0000

25-11 get what you vote for.

By: Insane in The Membrane

Insane in The Membrane — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 05:14:08 +0000

Why is there no talk by Premiere Burt about how fintech will be implemented to improve efficiencies of healthcare to reduce costs? Does he not believe in the very product he was pushing and all its reported benefits?

By: Sandgrownan

Sandgrownan — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 01:15:24 +0000

Burt needs the help of grownups. Hopelessly out of his depth, and tilting at windmills