EDITOR, The Tribune.
There has to be an SOS going out to the people who have medical health insurance and those who have requirement for expensive medication... whilst home insurance no VAT is imposed regrettably far more essential health you pay on insurance cover and on every medicine - service etc - thought VAT could only be charged once?
Right now finance are drafting annual budget... with urgency there must be consideration for the removal totally of VAT on medicines - medical services - treatments, including scans, X-rays, tests and totally off health insurance. When the only private hospital discontinued paying discounts to health insurance providers they all increased their premiums... already high.
Yes, you must have revenue... so an idea or two... increase the Stamp tax on sale of properties over a certain level, high-priced properties. Increase duty on basically unnecessary luxury goods the buyers of which can afford without sneezing.
So Minister of Finance, let more afford health insurance... get remedial and active medical care... medications requirements, life saving drugs are horribly expensive.
PAULA MINNS
Nassau,
May 8, 2024.
Comments
bahamianson 2 weeks, 3 days ago
And dental
bahamianson 2 weeks, 3 days ago
And life saving medication. That is deplorable. One needa high blood pressure meda to live and it taxed on living. Cholesterol, diabetis , cancer drugs. Does this government have a heart? Take the tax ofd them and tax cigarwttea, alcohol and sugar at a higher rate. That makes sense. I drink alcohol and would not mind payimg a higher tax on it so the less fortunate can afford their meds.
ohdrap4 2 weeks, 3 days ago
The govt has no heart. But neither do the doctors. Money grubbers. I do not have insurance. It would cost more than rent. Can't have both.
Honestman 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Our politicians have no heart and no vision. They are self-serving idiots. Useless, all of them.
Dawes 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Just do like the politicians do and go to the US for medical care, of course you would have to pay for it, but you are already doing that for them
Porcupine 2 weeks, 2 days ago
It would sure seem that in a Christian nation quality health care would be a human right. Funny how we have to play mental gymnastics to justify the rotten situation we currently champion.
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