Petition to Suspend NHIP Until Questions are Answered
We, the signatories to this Petition, call upon The Governor, His Excellency Mr. Gordon Wetherell to suspend implementation of the National Health Insurance Plan (the Plan) until the following concerns have been fully addressed.
1. The National Health Insurance Board's (the Board) and/or the Turks & Caicos Government's (TCIG) failure to provide the public with details of coverage, including:
a) a list of the hospital services which will be offered and covered under the Plan;
b) a list of the inpatient drugs which will be covered under the Plan;
c) a list of the chronic conditions for which outpatient drugs will be covered under the Plan;
d) a list of local doctors who have enrolled in the program;
e) what conditions will qualify for coverage under the emergency overseas treatment program;
2. The Board's and/or TCIG's failure to provide the public with details of the medical services Interhealth Canada is required to provide and the cost of those services.
3. The Board's and/or TCIG's failure to provide the public with details of medical services which will be provided by other parties, the identity of those other parties and the cost of those services.
4. The fact that some families will be put at a disadvantage because both parties are employed and there is no cap on contributions e.g. a working family with a combined income of $10,000 will be required to pay contributions on $10,000 per month whereas a family with only one person working and earning $10,000 would only be required to pay contributions on $7,800 per month.
5. TCIG's failure to address the public's concern that given the current debt, deficit, the anticipated increase in other taxes to cover those costs and the additional expenditure required under the Plan the TCIG and the public simply cannot afford the Plan in the current weak economy. If the penalty will have worse consequences than proceeding with the Plan disclose those consequences to the public so we can be confident of the decision to proceed with the Plan.
We, the signatories to this Petition, call upon The Governor, His Excellency Mr. Gordon Wetherell to suspend implementation of the National Health Insurance Plan (the Plan) until the following concerns have been fully addressed.
1. The National Health Insurance Board's (the Board) and/or the Turks & Caicos Government's (TCIG) failure to provide the public with details of coverage, including:
a) a list of the hospital services which will be offered and covered under the Plan;
b) a list of the inpatient drugs which will be covered under the Plan;
c) a list of the chronic conditions for which outpatient drugs will be covered under the Plan;
d) a list of local doctors who have enrolled in the program;
e) what conditions will qualify for coverage under the emergency overseas treatment program;
2. The Board's and/or TCIG's failure to provide the public with details of the medical services Interhealth Canada is required to provide and the cost of those services.
3. The Board's and/or TCIG's failure to provide the public with details of medical services which will be provided by other parties, the identity of those other parties and the cost of those services.
4. The fact that some families will be put at a disadvantage because both parties are employed and there is no cap on contributions e.g. a working family with a combined income of $10,000 will be required to pay contributions on $10,000 per month whereas a family with only one person working and earning $10,000 would only be required to pay contributions on $7,800 per month.
5. TCIG's failure to address the public's concern that given the current debt, deficit, the anticipated increase in other taxes to cover those costs and the additional expenditure required under the Plan the TCIG and the public simply cannot afford the Plan in the current weak economy. If the penalty will have worse consequences than proceeding with the Plan disclose those consequences to the public so we can be confident of the decision to proceed with the Plan.
I am not opposed to a National Health plan but in the current economic climate cannot fathom how we as a country with a shrinking work force can afford the facilities. Co-payments are now being mentioned where before we were told we would receive free health care; to provide any kind of quality health care the co-payments will have to increase or the monthly contributions will have to be more than 5% of salaries.
We can not get started to pay for insurance which we can not use within 5 months and more without knowing the benefits it will offer
We can not get started to pay for insurance which we can not use within 5 months and more without knowing the benefits it will offer
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I already have private health insurance that I believe is way better than public. government insurance.
the timing is wrong, we as a people are facing tough economic times, so many persons are experiencing job loses and will have a difficult time feeding their families, we need increases not decreases.
I allready have agood medical plan.
this is the wrong program at the wrong time. It needs to be shelved until the economy allows the program to be sustained
Let go and let God, is what I say but when people mess with my money and can't tell me what I am getting for it, I cant help but complain.
To whome respect is given so much more is recieved. That's all we ask!
The words of this petition are very clear.
Fully support idea of a National Health Plan, but not with the present regulations. Its not sustainable and needs reviewing.
