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The Minister of Youth, Social Development and Seniors gives MPs a breakdown of how the initiative has helped young people

All home care agencies on the island are being reminded to re-register with the Bermuda Health Council by March 31. Any service that does register with BHeC will not be reimbursed for FutureCare and Health Insurance Plan claims. A BHeC spokeswoman ...

An insurance company has backed plans for a major shake-up of the healthcare system. Peter Lozier, the chief executive of Argus Americas, said the company shared the Government’s “vision to provide access to quality, affordable healthcare to every Be...

Eugene Phillips, a Progressive Labour Party stalwart, has been recalled by Ewart Brown, the former premier, as the “spirit” behind the seniors medical insurance scheme FutureCare. Dr Brown, along with his wife, Wanda, expressed “heartfelt condolences...

Dear Sir, There should be a protest march against this new piece of legislation that came at us seniors like a rocket out of the blue. How in the name of so-called compassion could a complete legislative body even, by a long shot, pass a draconian la...

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...

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 ...