THE National Health Insurance Secretariat will meet with members of the Bahamas Insurance Association and the Christian Council this week as it ramps up pubic meetings. The Secretariat held a meeting in Freeport on February 3 and met with residents of McLean’s Town the next day.

“Educating our friends and neighbours and being able to answer their questions through a forum like a town hall meeting is extremely important for something as life changing as NHI Bahamas will be for our population,” said Permanent Secretary for NHI Bahamas Peter Deveaux-Isaacs. “The Secretariat knows the public still has many questions – that is precisely why we are connecting directly with Bahamians. We will continue to educate persons throughout the Commonwealth of The Bahamas on the government’s new NHI Bahamas programme so all legal Bahamian residents can benefit from it.”

The Secretariat will hold a public meeting at the Bahamas Communications Public Officers Union (BCPOU) Hall on Farrington Road at 8pm on February 11.

Two meetings are scheduled for Grand Bahama on Friday, February 12: in Eight Mile Rock at 6pm at the Mount Zion Baptist Church Hall, Jones Town and at 8pm at Mary Magdalene Parish Hall in West End.

More meetings will be announced in the coming days, the Secretariat said.

More information on NHI Bahamas can be found at www.nhibahamas.gov.bs.

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