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September 30, 2016
PMH redevelopment: Part of master plan to keep pace with changing healthcare demands
The redevelopment of the Princess Margaret Hospital and subsequent expansion of services, will allow local public healthcare officials to keep pace with the changing demands of public healthcare in The Bahamas.
October 07, 2015
Ace Diabetes To Host 3rd Annual Seminar for Healthcare Professionals
ACE Diabetes To Host 3rd Annual Seminar For Healthcare Professionals
Working toward a proper universal healthcare model
April 17, 2016
Working toward a proper universal healthcare model
Dear Editor,
I am very disturbed with the direction that the conversation on universal healthcare has taken in The Bahamas.
April 14, 2016
United Healthcare Reform Alliance afraid NHI will hurt its bottom line
The nine medical, allied health and insurance groups that make up the United Healthcare Reform Alliance (UHRA) are staunchly against the implementation of the Christie administration's National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme because it will hurt their bottom line. Period.
Healthcare professionals reject NHI
April 13, 2016
Healthcare professionals reject NHI
Calling it "a very expensive and disruptive exercise in futility", a coalition of nine professional groups yesterday flatly rejected the Christie administration's proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) model, charging that the challenges in the healthcare system have their origins in public healthcare administration.
200,000 legal residents of The Bahamas currently without health insurance to receive access to quality healthcare
February 19, 2016
200,000 legal residents of The Bahamas currently without health insurance to receive access to quality healthcare
The implementation of National Health Insurance Bahamas will ensure that the more than 200,000 legal residents of The Bahamas who currently do not have access to health insurance coverage have access to that coverage ? free of charge at point of care ? when they need it.
January 07, 2016
Lack of NHI information 39making healthcare decisions difficult39
THE "inconclusive" information the government has provided on National Health Insurance will make it difficult for insured people to make decisions about their healthcare, Bahamas Insurance Association Chairman Emmanuel Komolafe told The Tribune yesterday...
No more VAT on healthcare
December 23, 2015
No more VAT on healthcare
THE Ministry of Finance is considering removing Value Added Tax (VAT) from healthcare services and health insurance premiums, Bahamas Insurance Association (BIA) Chairman Emmanuel Komolafe said yesterday...
Healthcare quality 'must be raised' before NHI
December 07, 2015
Healthcare quality 'must be raised' before NHI
THE country's public healthcare system must be "brought to internationally acceptable medical standards" before any attempt is made to develop a universal healthcare plan, the Medical Association of the Bahamas has said...
COB study: Bahamians willing to pay healthcare tax
November 27, 2015
COB study: Bahamians willing to pay healthcare tax
The Economic Society of The College of The Bahamas (ESOCOB) has conducted a study which the society and Assistant Professor Randy Forbes, who heads COB's Banking, Economics and Finance Department, shows that the overwhelming majority of Bahamians believe in the concept of universal healthcare such as the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme, and are willing to be taxed to pay for it.
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