The Medical Association of the Bahamas said yesterday it could not support the “favoured option” outlined by Health Minister Dr. Marcus Bethel at the PLP’s recent convention.
The association said it is prepared to work the government on a variable proposal for healthcare funding, but it did not think a socialised health insurance scheme was the best option.
A social sub-committee set up to consider the proposal issued a press statement yesterday to help the public understand the “critical issues” at stake.
In its presentation to the government-appointed Blue Ribbon Commission, the association recommended that the government “seek to explore the public private partnership initiatives that currently exist.”
“The current public private partnership allows every public patient in the Bahamas the right to essentially every available modern medical and surgical diagnostic and therapeutic service locally.”
The Tribune
