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"HIP will need cash injections Health Minister DeSilva"

The Health Insurance Plan (HIP) is running deficits and will need capital injections from Government, according to Health Minister Zane DeSilva. However, he pledged there would be no substantial increase in the premium, which would be “self defeating...
Mar 14, 2012
Health

"Seniors in premium arrears face payment suspension"

Government has confirmed that seniors who fall behind on paying their FutureCare premiums will have payments suspended on prescription drugs. However, the coverage will be restored once arrears are paid up. A Health department spokeswoman said: “It i...
Mar 08, 2012
Politics

"Seniors in arrears lose FutureCare medication allowance"

Senior citizens insured by FutureCare have been told they will no longer get the allowance for life-saving prescription drugs if their premiums are in arrears. One Bermuda Alliance MP Louise Jackson contends that for some this latest move is virtuall...
Mar 07, 2012
Politics

"Jackson says Health Minister should apologise to public"

Opposition MP Louise Jackson has more questions about Government’s handling of the FutureCare health insurance scheme for seniors. But she was prevented from asking them in the House of Assembly yesterday. Mrs Jackson explained that she had some ques...
Feb 11, 2012
Other

"Donations for at-risk senior ‘Mrs O’ top $23,000"

A total of $23,000 has been raised to pay for care for vulnerable senior Mrs O after her plight was revealed in The Royal Gazette. Readers dug deep into their pockets after we reported how the 98-year-old widow, who has dementia and diabetes, was ref...
Feb 06, 2012
Politics

"Health Minister DeSilva, OBA’s Jackson clash over FutureCare"

The war of words between Health Minister Zane DeSilva and OBA Seniors Advocate Louise Jackson over FutureCare continued yesterday in the House of Assembly. In a statement read before the House, Mr DeSilva said that the Ministry has kept policy holder...
Feb 04, 2012
Politics

"OBA: Louise Jackson was right all along"

The Opposition has called for Health Minister Zane DeSilva to issue “a complete and unreserved apology” to One Bermuda Alliance seniors advocate Louise Jackson for accusing her of misinforming the public. A Government letter to FutureCare clients dre...
Feb 03, 2012
Health

"Public donates $12,000 to assist widow Mrs O"

The community has rallied behind the cause of elderly widow Mrs O, a housebound 98-year-old suffering from dementia and in need of constant care. Two weeks after the Lady Cubitt Compassionate Association (LCCA) stepped forward to collect donations, t...
Dec 29, 2011
Health

"Mrs O’s great nephew: ‘We have tried our best’ "

The great-nephew of Mrs O said yesterday he was in no financial position to help pay for care for his elderly relative and didn’t have room to take her into his own home. Mr S told The Royal Gazette: “I am struggling. I have been to the bank to refin...
Dec 22, 2011
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