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Government has confirmed reports that seniors who fall behind in paying their FutureCare premiums will have their prescription drugs payments suspended. And FutureCare clients who do not pay within 90 days of notification will have their policies ter...

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...

Only a fraction of the Government funds set aside to overhaul the ageing Lefroy House seniors facility has actually been spent, according to Health Minister Zane DeSilva. Mr DeSilva gave a breakdown of spending in response to criticism from members o...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Government has indicated there may be a place for 98-year-old widow Mrs O at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital’s long-term care facility. But the cost of keeping her there would be almost $14,000 a month: far more than the amount needed to pay for at...