Topic: health insurance
Anglin pledges bipartisan healthcare-costs probe
A cross-party committee is to be set up to tackle the high cost of health and property insurance, Finance Minister Rolston Anglin has said.
Opinion: A prescription for Cayman’s complex health insurance problem
Cayman’s healthcare system is steeped in historically necessary complexity. Today, though, that same complexity stifles innovation, raises prices, hinders entrepreneurialism and limits consumer choice. It’s time for that to change.
Opinion: 10 ready-made policies for the next government
Ten ideas for politicians to consider.
Can Cayman’s pension and health insurance schemes support an ageing population?
People across almost all the world are living longer and higher quality lives, but societies, as currently structured, simply won’t be able to afford to support the elderly.
Government foots $73M medical bill for uninsured Caymanians
The Cayman Islands government paid almost $72.7 million to cover healthcare costs of uninsured indigents, veterans and seafarers last year, $39.7 million more than had been originally budgeted for the year.
No jail for insurance fraudster
A woman who took out health insurance for her workers, only to cancel the policies after their permits were granted, was sentenced to community service.
CINICO to expand health insurance coverage, add property and casualty insurance
The Cayman Islands National Insurance Company (CINICO) is planning to expand its health insurance coverage to more people and add new property and casualty insurance business lines.
Poll: How should Cayman reform health care coverage?
How should the Cayman Islands reform health care coverage?
Health insurance giant Generali pulls out of Cayman
Generali Worldwide, one of the largest providers of health insurance in the Cayman Islands, is pulling out of the market.
Almost 1,000 get health insurance support
Just under 1,000 displaced Caymanian workers have received assistance through government's Health Insurance Premiums Payment Assistance Programme, Health Minister Dwayne Seymour has confirmed.
Seymour: health insurance assistance to restart
Government will be starting a new round of its Health Insurance Premium Payment Assistance Programme, Health Minister Dwayne Seymour has announced.
Healthcare, judicial costs require additional government funding
Government’s decision to pay full health insurance premiums to CINICO has resulted in the need for additional funds for the budget years 2018 and 2019.
Insurance companies: Premium invoices submitted to government
Health Minister Dwayne Seymour and the Cayman Islands Health Insurance Association have sought to allay concerns that people who have applied for government assistance in paying health insurance premiums are adequately covered.
Care kits for parents of sick kids
Insurance company BritCay launched an initiative this month to help families of sick babies and children being evacuated to seek urgent medical care overseas.
Health insurance profits overstated
Figures suggesting Cayman health insurance providers are making annual profits in excess of $50 million may have been overstated, new data from the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority shows.
Prognosis
Today's editorial cartoon.
Elderly health insurance survey deadline extended
The deadline for opinions on how the Cayman Islands can better meet the healthcare needs of older people has been extended to Monday, April 30.
Health insurance forum to be held
The Jamaican Consulate and the Health Insurance Commission will hold a public meeting on health insurance Tuesday evening at the George Town Town Hall.
Public sector losing $38.5 million on health insurance costs
Cayman Islands public sector entities will lose a combined $38.5 million over the next three years, largely because the government insurer expects to pay much more to cover future healthcare premiums for uninsured residents.
Health insurance enforcement ‘suffers’ from underfunding
Cayman’s health insurance regulator will receive one additional inspector shortly, but senior civil servants acknowledged that will not solve the beleaguered agency’s troubles in keeping up with demand in a growing local healthcare industry.
Beneficial ownership, lawyers’ rules up for debate
Long-awaited, controversial changes that will have a profound impact on the Cayman Islands financial services industry will be on the agenda next month in what is likely to be the final Legislative Assembly meeting of the current Progressives-led coalition government.
Cabinet: No health insurance fee increase this year
Cabinet announced Thursday that it would not increase the minimum fees that health insurance companies pay for procedures after fewer than 10 doctors responded to government requests for financial information. A consultant’s report on healthcare costs recommended fees paid by insurance companies be increased by 12.3%.
Work permit applications will require proof of health insurance
Starting next year, employers will have to include a certificate of compliance for health insurance when applying for or renewing work permits, including any temporary permits lasting longer than 30 days.
Health coverage not mandated for employed spouses
Cayman Islands employers – including the government service – are not required by the local Health Insurance Law to provide healthcare coverage to employed spouses of island residents, Health Insurance Commissioner Mervyn Conolly said Saturday.
Cayman budget plan cutting it close
The next Cayman Islands government budget is tentatively scheduled to be presented to the Legislative Assembly on May 30, about a month before local law requires approval of the spending plan.
EDITORIAL – Healthcare debts: The $1.18 billion must be accounted for
Sometimes, the bad news simply cannot be relegated to a footnote, but needs to be blared out in all capital letters, right across the top of the front page.
Civil servants deny agreement reached to end free healthcare
The Civil Service Association has strongly denied that any agreement has been reached to end the policy of free healthcare for government workers.
Government ‘double charged’ itself on healthcare payments
The Cayman Islands government has been “double charging” itself in relation to payments made on behalf of those who cannot afford healthcare coverage.
May deadline for seafarers’ and veterans’ benefits
Seafarers and veterans, and their spouses, who are receiving government benefits, have until May 31 to update their information with the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development.
Public meeting to explain new Trade and Business License Law
The Ministry of Financial Services is hosting a public meeting Thursday night to explain the requirements of the new Trade and Business Law.
EDITORIAL – Opting out of public healthcare
It’s official: Not even the government wants to be locked into the government’s healthcare system.
HSA employees do not use gov’t insurance
A number of Cayman Islands public authorities, including the Health Services Authority, do not maintain employee health insurance with the government-run Cayman Islands National Insurance Company.
EDITORIAL – Selective prosecution isn’t justice
The government should not endeavor to “make an example” out of a single person, while refusing or being unable to enforce the law in a uniform and universal way.
