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The cost of Bermuda’s basic health premium has been kept unchanged through better healthcare coordination, a reduction in duplicated services and a decrease in utilisation, according to the Bermuda Health Council. And to better manage patient care a...

Changes to the standard health insurance providing additional benefits without increased costs have been approved by the House of Assembly. Opening debate on the Health Insurance Amendment Act 2016, health minister Jeanne Atherden said she was please...

Two companies have been removed from a list of businesses without active health insurance policies after providing proof to the Bermuda Health Council. While one business, Pinky’s Salon, stated that they should never have been included on the list, t...

A number of employers have been publicly listed by the Bermuda Health Council as having inactive or terminated health insurance. Since last June, the BHeC has been publishing the names of employers who do not have insurance for their employees on the...

More than 2,100 employees regained their health insurance coverage, resulting in the collection of more than $700,000 in health premiums, thanks to the enforcement of the Health Insurance Act last year. The Bermuda Health Council monitors and enforce...

Reducing rates of chronic, non-communicable diseases while achieving affordable healthcare cover are priorities of the Bermuda Goverment’s Health Action Plan, an industry symposium heard at the weekend. Members of the health insurance and medical com...

Health minister Jeanne Atherden says the Bermuda Government is aiming to ensure better and more affordable healthcare as part of its reform plan. During the Health Strategy Symposium 2016 being held today at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Instit...

Bermudians are not getting value for money when it comes to healthcare, according to Tawanna Wedderburn. Addressing Hamilton Rotary’s weekly meeting, the chief executive of the Bermuda Health Council gave a presentation illustrating the Island’s annu...

Bermuda Health Council has said it will investigate allegations of unpaid employee health insurance at Sandys 360 if former staff of the defunct sports facility get in touch. The Royal Gazette yesterday reported claims by a former employee who said s...

Plans to galvanise laws protecting the elderly and vulnerable have been welcomed. However, two leading figures representing Bermuda’s senior population have expressed disappointment that several more key issues were not brought to the table. In the c...

Bermuda’s treatment of stroke patients has improved but much more still needs to be done, according to Mark Selley of the Bermuda Stroke and Family Support Association. Mr Selley said that while they had been fighting to improve insurance coverage an...

Age Concern executive director Claudette Fleming called for the Bermuda Government to show more empathy to seniors as she highlighted their growing financial concerns. Ms Fleming said many are already unable to pay for their health insurance and fear...