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BHeC Release National Health Accounts Report
The Bermuda Health Council [BHeC] today [Oct 10] released the National Health Accounts Report, which details health system costs for the fiscal year ending 31st March 2012. The National Health Accounts Report provides a breakdown of where the money has come from to pay for the health system, and what that money was spent on. The publication provides... Read more of this article
Employers Face Insurance Non-Payment Charge
According to Deputy DPP head, Ms Cindy Clarke, for the first time in over ten, possibly fifteen years, Bermuda employers have been charged with failing to provide health insurance cover for their employees; and with taking payroll deductions from their employees, and then failing to apply those payroll deductions to providing health insurance. Employer... Read more of this article
BHeC Releases Bermuda’s Health Costs Leaflet
The Bermuda Health Council [BHeC] has released the Guide to Bermuda’s Health Costs leaflet, which will be mailed to all households this month. “BHeC produced this leaflet to encourage broader understanding of the Island’s health costs, health spending trends in recent years and what can be done at an individual level”, a spokesperson... Read more of this article
Freisenbruch-Meyer To Cease Health Insurance
Local insurance company Freisenbruch-Meyer will cease offering individual and group health insurance, citing challenges that “are uniquely specific to healthcare.” A statement from the Company said, “Freisenbruch-Meyer Insurance Services, Ltd. [FMIS] regrets to announce that due to what is undoubtedly the most challenging health insurance... Read more of this article
Men’s Health Screening Offers Free Testing
Acting Health Minister Sylvan Richards officially opened the Men’s Health Screening which provided men over 40 years of age with essential health screenings and access to educational materials about diseases to which they may be prone. The screenings took place at the Seventh-Day Adventist Hall on King Street. This event was sponsored by Movember.bm.... Read more of this article
Shadow Minister & Minister On FutureCare Rates
Shadow Minister for Health Zane Desilva and Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin exchanged words following a recent survey about FutureCare, with Mr DeSilva saying “punitive increases” were put in place, while the Minister said the Government wanted to make sure “the premium was fair to all.” The survey was conducted from... Read more of this article
FutureCare: PLP Suggests ‘Balanced Approach’
The PLP hopes the Government will consider the impact of their recent decision on FutureCare and rethink their position, Shadow Health Minister Zane DeSilva said. Last week Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin announced that the Government will combine the FutureCare Phase 1 premium of $385 per month, with the Phase 2 and 3 premium of $635 per month... Read more of this article
Minister: Single FutureCare Rate Of $440 P/M
[Updated with video + PLP response] The Government will combine the FutureCare Phase 1 premium of $385 per month, with the Phase 2 and 3 premium of $635 per month to create a single blended FutureCare premium rate of $440, Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin said today [Apr 3] “We recognise this premium will be an increase for some; however... Read more of this article
Video: Minister DeSilva On FutureCare & OBA
The PLP hosted a press conference yesterday [Nov 19] at the Sylvia Richardson Care Facility in St George’s, where both Health Minister Zane DeSilva and two senior citizens spoke about the benefits of FutureCare. Minister DeSilva said: “We are pleased to be here today at the wonderful Sylvia Richardson Care Facility. Since 1998, the PLP have... Read more of this article
OBA: “Pattern Of Distortion & Fear-Mongering”
[Updated] Government continues to “run from its 5-year record of soaring unemployment, rising violent crime and reckless borrowing” and offers voters nothing but a “continuing pattern of distortion and fear-mongering,” the One Bermuda Alliance has said. The OBA was responding to a press conference held yesterday where the PLP... Read more of this article
OBA: No Change To FutureCare Benefits
[Updated] Under an OBA Government seniors currently enrolled in FutureCare will see no change in their benefits, Spokesman for the Shadow Health Board and OBA Candidate for #C17 Pembroke Central Andrew Simons said. “So shame on the government election machine for trying to win seniors’ votes through fear-mongering and lies. The OBA believes... Read more of this article
Group Health Plan For Chamber Members
The Bermuda Chamber of Commerce today announced the introduction of their new universal health care plan, aimed at significantly reducing the cost of major medical insurance for their small to mid-size members. In making the announcement Chamber Executive Joanne MacPhee noted: “We are delighted to have partnered with local insurers, Freisenbruch... Read more of this article
