There was surprise in the House last week when Health Minister Zane DeSilva announced that he was adding Brazil, India, and Israel to the list of countries allowed for importation of pharmaceuticals, with immediate effect. Stakeholders in the health sector have raised alarm about consultation, which is both traditional and prudent in such matters. Nevertheless, [...]
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Thin End of the Wedge
April 20th, 2011 · Comments Off · Health
In their vague discussions of health care reform, Government keeps denying that an income tax would be implemented … instead describing a system of “proportional financial burden” … that sounds precisely like a graduated income tax.
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FutureScare
July 19th, 2010 · Comments Off · Health
The facts are starting to become clearer about FutureCare. It’s likely to cost a hell of a lot of gombey pesos at a time when the Bermuda Government is scratching it’s head wondering where all the money went. I would like to remind you that back in 2008, Government said that a “total income tax” [...]
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Bermuda DNA Testing
May 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off · Health
The Ministry of Labour, Home Affairs and Housing has handed out a sole source $987,000 contract to Trinity DNA Solutions to establish and maintain a Bermuda criminal DNA database and a Bermudian general population database. It is outrageous that this is being done without a thorough public dialogue. It was mentioned as a vague goal [...]
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Swine Flu
April 27th, 2009 · Comments Off · Health
Health experts say that it is only a matter of time before a major influenza pandemic sweeps the world. Since the scares with bird flu a few years ago, many governments have taken to stockpiling anti-virals such as Tamiflu so they can react quickly in the event of an outburst. With the current outbreak of [...]
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FutureCare
April 8th, 2009 · Comments Off · Health
This editorial ran into today’s Royal Gazette, regarding Government’s (in my view) dishonest handling of the FutureCare initiative and the immense problems their shortcuts will cause for Bermuda in future years. To summarise: The initiative has the best intentions but is badly executed. Even at launch, the initiative is running at a huge deficit. Frightened [...]
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