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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...

The rising cost of health insurance premiums is unsustainable and unaffordable for the Island’s seniors, according to Age Concern. Claudette Fleming, the charity’s executive director, said that “across the board” hikes including new increases to HIP ...

Four new benefits and one improved benefit will be introduced for HIP and FutureCare policyholders tomorrow — but premiums will also go up for 2015-16. The Health Insurance Department today issued a reminder about the changes, stating that these “mar...

Age Concern members are invited to an information session about their health insurance. The event, “Understanding Your Insurance Coverage”, which will take place on Tuesday, is being run in conjunction with the Health Insurance Department and MoonGat...

Several employers have been removed from a list of companies suspected by the Bermuda Health Council of operating without health insurance. According to the BHeC website, Options Electrical, Serenity Gardens Nursing Home and Byrdies Ltd are no longer...

Reporting issues have rendered recent financial statements for the Health Insurance Department “unauditable” by the Auditor-General. However, Jeanne Atherden, the Minister of Health, said that “better days are ahead”, as the department has advanced g...

Government dental services have been scaled back temporarily due to financial constraints, the Department of Health said yesterday. The Oral Health section of the Department provides dental health services for school-age children, special patients, ...

The three Government-funded dental clinics that subsidise services for children, seniors, prisoners and those with special needs has stopped taking on new patients amid staffing shortages. The Hamilton Health Centre told The Royal Gazette that its s...

Four new benefits and one improved benefit will be introduced for HIP and FutureCare policyholders — but premiums will also go up for 2015-16. The changes proposed by the Health Insurance Department (HID), will be implemented on September 1, Jeanne A...

An initiative to name and shame employers who fail to maintain their health insurance has already caused some employers to reactivate their policies. The Health Insurance Act 1970 requires employers to maintain an active health insurance policy for a...

Police benefits allowing 100 per cent coverage of health insurance should be reviewed, Shadow National Security Minister Walter Roban said, while affirming the Opposition’s support for the service. “If the Bermuda Government is serious about cutting ...