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Premiums for HIP and Future Care will be increased as of April 1, it was announced yesterday. And some 175 employees could be at risk because their bosses have not been paying their health insurance premiums. HIP Premiums will increase from $385 to ...

Health Minister Zane DeSilva announced today that premiums for HIP and FutureCare will be increased as of April 1. HIP Premiums will increase from $385 to $390 per month, while FutureCare, the programme for seniors, will see its premiums increase f...

New regulations are the only solution to lingering problems with upfront health payments, the Ministry of Health has said. Government also defended its looming summer deadline for the legislation, which some health providers have complained is too so...

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...

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...