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Dear Sir, This letter is in response to two articles published by The Royal Gazette: “Court victory for prison officers” and a subsequent update, “Prison officers win insurance battle”. First, congratulations to the Prison Officers Association. A har...

Changes to the healthcare insurance system will go ahead, despite a call from the Opposition to put the plans on hold, the Government said yesterday. The Government added it would not extend the consultation period on the changes — which ended on Sun...

Prison officers fought against changes that require them to make health insurance payments in the Supreme Court yesterday. The Bermuda Prison Officers Association argued that it had a substantial expectation that the officers would be exempted from m...

Bermuda’s working population can expect to paying out twice as much on healthcare in 20 years as they do today — and that’s if the island’s healthcare costs remain the same. That is the view of Ricky Brathwaite, acting chief executive officer of the ...

The Bermuda Health Strategy Report 2014-2019 states: “Compared to other high-income countries Bermuda’s health system is not providing value for money as measured by health outcomes for the level of expenditure.” It is indisputable that Bermuda’s hea...

A veteran nurse with almost 50 years on the healthcare frontline is shocked to find she has no insurance coverage for emergency bone cancer treatment overseas. Eloise Bell, 73, said yesterday: “I’ve worked here for 50 years, paid my insurance for 50 ...

The Acting Minister of Health, the Hon. Neville Tyrrell, JP, MP has reiterated the Ministry of Health’s call for the public to review the proposals under the Bermuda Health Plan 2020. Calling the public input “essential” Minister Tyrrell today urged...

Legislation to amend the Health Insurance Act 1970 was approved at the weekend. The change will allow the health minister to make any additional benefit “subject to criteria, including means test criteria, and authorise the Health Insurance Committ...

Controversial changes to healthcare financing were passed in the Senate yesterday after two government senators who had excused themselves because of illness returned for the vote. The Health Insurance Amendment Act was resisted by the three One Berm...

A controversial Bill to change how Bermuda’s hospital is funded was passed last night. The Government is to pay an annual grant to the Bermuda Hospitals Board, capped at $330 million for the coming year, to replace the existing fee-for-service arran...

Health minister Kim Wilson will face questions about the standard health benefit premium at a town hall meeting tomorrow. Ms Wilson said “misleading information” had been circulated after the Government announced that the standard health benefit wo...

Insurer Colonial is disappointed the Bermuda Government’s proposed healthcare reforms are “rushed” and do not address the drivers of spiralling healthcare costs. The company is also raising questions about how the new system will work, as it will eli...