Topic: healthcare
Cayman must save for $1.18 billion in health liabilities
To stay with business as usual (i.e. without massive tax increases), we would need to be setting aside $123 million each and every year to pay the estimated $1.18 billion in public healthcare liabilities.
Health debts not to be counted in budget
The Cayman Islands government intends to change its financial management law to avoid the formal acknowledgement of a $1.18 billion projected liability in its public healthcare system that would otherwise appear in the government’s annual “net worth” figure.
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.
Health Services launches survey
The Cayman Islands Health Services Authority is running a survey to gauge patients’ experiences using its services and the level of care they are receiving.
Free health screenings for World Health Day
Members of the public can avail themselves of free health screenings this week as part of the Cayman Islands Health Services Authority’s observation of World Health Day.
Health City not barred from competing
Health City Cayman Islands local partner Gene Thompson said this week that the East End medical tourism facility is not competing with local health services “for the most part,” even though there is no specific prohibition against it.
EDITORIAL – Moving toward a healthcare policy of ‘doctors without borders’
It took years Health City to our shores; but now, it seems there are public officials who are doing their utmost to chase them away … in the name of (get this) “competition.”
Lyons: In the Land of the Falling Moms
In the Land of the Falling Moms, the difference between upright and upended is measured in inches, but the consequences are calculated in months.
Amendment seeks healthcare coverage for retired House Speakers
Proposed legislation made public this week seeks to provide healthcare coverage for retired Speakers of the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly who were not elected as members of the House when they served in that position.
Wadhwa: India’s free health clinics
Rupandeep Kaur, 20 weeks pregnant, arrived at a medical clinic looking fatigued and ready to collapse.
EDITORIAL – Opting out of public healthcare
It’s official: Not even the government wants to be locked into the government’s healthcare system.
Law allowing organ transplants keeps recipients waiting
Three years after the government passed a law legalizing the donation and transplantation of human tissue and organs, there is still no organ donor registry or tissue bank in the Cayman Islands.
