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A coming change in FutureCare premiums has angered some seniors, who say the programme is rapidly becoming too expensive. The new rate structure, unveiled by Government last week, ends the existing two-tier system in which seniors paid different prem...

FutureCare premiums will change next month, with Government injecting $3 million of capital into the programme to keep it affordable for seniors. Starting May 1, all FutureCare clients will pay a monthly premium of $440 — bringing an end to the two-t...

Bermuda’s National Health Plan has been put “on hold” pending a review of the ambitious programme. It had been expected that the plan would provide universal healthcare for residents by next year. However, a Health Ministry spokeswoman yesterday sai...

Government’s vow to reopen the Medical Clinic drew whistles and applause from those present for the reading of the Throne Speech. But Age Concern director Claudette Fleming sounded a note of warning last night about “the potential of creating a two-t...

More than five years after its controversial closure, the Medical Clinic is to open under the One Bermuda Alliance. Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin vowed to have the clinic — which served vulnerable patients such as the homeless, elderly and ...

Cost has become a priority for all stakeholders in Bermuda’s healthcare system. For a sample of top health concerns across the community, The Royal Gazette started with the Bermuda Medical Students Society. Diverse factors drive up the expense for a ...

The Progressive Labour Party’s efforts to throw doubts over the One Bermuda Alliance’s pledge to maintain benefits for FutureCare patients does not seem to be gaining traction. That’s because it is pretty hard to argue against an unequivocal stateme...

Health Minister Zane DeSilva yesterday repeated accusations that the One Bermuda Alliance was sending out mixed messages on Future Care. But the OBA, which pledged last week that seniors’ benefits would remain unchanged if it won power, accused the ...