By DENISE MAYCOCK

Tribune Freeport Reporter

dmaycock@tribunemedia.net

MORE than 1,000 members of the Bahamas Union of Teachers lost their medical insurance cover last night, BUT President Belinda Wilson has confirmed.

The union scrapped the self-funded medical scheme following a lack of interest among the 4,000-strong membership.

"Today, it is very sad for us to announce that effective Sunday, October 31, 2010, on midnight, the BUT self-funded medical insurance plan which we operated since November 1, 2009, will be terminated," Mrs Wilson told reporters in Grand Bahama.

This self-funded scheme was launched after the union was unable to secure a contract with an insurance company for gr ...

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