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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...

Legislation to change how money is allocated to the Bermuda Hospitals Board is not in the island’s best interests, a top insurance executive said yesterday. John Wight, the president and chief executive of BF&M, said that “the healthcare funding ref...

The Bermuda Government’s singling out of BF&M for criticism over health insurance premium increases is clouding the bigger picture of the ramifications of healthcare financing reform. That is the view of BF&M executives, who said there was much uncer...

A hike in premiums by a health insurance firm was done to boost profits, the health minister said yesterday. However, the president of BF&M hit back at Kim Wilson and said that the increases were due in part to proposed healthcare changes by the Gov...

Dear Sir, With reference to the article by Jonathan Kent on the Government’s plans to overhaul the healthcare financing system, it is yet another example of big decisions being made without there being a meeting around the table of all the stakeholde...

Charles Jeffers, deputy chairman of Age Concern, reserved judgment on the Government’s efforts to to help senior citizens. Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, pledged during his Budget Statement on Friday that a National Health Plan will soon ...

Bermuda’s health watchdog has released an information brief as part of a push towards a value-based healthcare system. A spokeswoman for the Bermuda Health Council said that alternative payment mechanisms could be used to “reimburse the delivery of ...

A premiums hike in the government employee’s health insurance scheme could hit seniors on fixed incomes, campaigners for the elderly have warned. Now the Bermuda Senior Islanders’ Centre has urged older Bermudians to push politicians to force down he...

Representatives of two leading island health insurers have backed calls for changes in the way that medical services are regulated and delivered in Bermuda. John Wight, chief executive officer of BF&M Ltd, agreed with a recommendation by the island’s...

In the first of a five-part series examining the impact of the ageing of Bermuda’s population, we look at the healthcare sector. A shift in population demographics over the next seven years is expected to have a dramatic impact on the provision and c...

A special reserve fund could help to balance the risk in one of two “transformational” health insurance options being considered by the Government. The reserve would allow funds to flow between insurers with relatively healthy policyholders, who take...