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Nationalised Health Insurance Bill now pegged at $200 Million Per Annum

$200 million is the worst case scenario we're told, but projections have risen from $106 million to $200 million (worst case scenario) in just 18 months. A possible $70 million shortfall per annum is not small change, particularly when the country remains in a fiscal mess. Imagine that, an 88.8%... Read more →

NHI Bahamas PR is launched

Out of the box the Government just could not tell the truth. Government services are paid for with taxes but NHI is not a tax. Go figure! Then on top of that some employers are exempt. Out of the starting gate Government plays it's deceit cards. I guess we should... Read more →

Affording It All: Can we really have everything?

"We live in a world of scarcity. Individually and collectively we want more than available resources can yield. That will remain true even as the supply of resources expands. That’s how people are. Ends exceed means. Demand exceeds supply. That’s why we economize and always will. That is why human... Read more →

Rotary Peace Walk/Run April 14, 2018

Here's To A Bright & Prosperous New Year

Merry Christmas!

A revised NHI this year?

Health Minister Dr. Duane Sands has reportedly advised that "A revised, leaner and more effective National Health Insurance (NHI) program that combines primary care and catastrophic care will be re-launched before the end of the year." He made three substantial declarations: “The most significant issue is the sustainability of the... Read more →

Bahamas Health Care System

by Pierre V.L. Dupuch Many moons ago when I was a freshman studying economics at St. John's University my professor, Fr. Martin, walked into the classroom and said, "Open your books and write this down. The definition of Economics is the allocation of scarce resources among competing needs and wants."... Read more →

Universal health care doesn’t require a single-payer government monopoly

by Bacchus Barua Read the original published at the Fraser Institute here... A recent article in the New York Times by Robert H. Frank makes a politically appealing case for why the United States should adopt a single-payer system. Unfortunately, the author makes a number of inaccurate (or at least,... Read more →

Re-Defining NHI

Dr. Duane Sands, the new Minister of Health has sought to clarify what National Health Insurance is. According to this Nassau Guardian article by Chester Robards, Dr. Sands explained that NHI should ensure: “...all people have access to needed promotive, preventative, curative and rehabilitative health services of sufficient quality to... Read more →