Comrade Rt. Honourable Prime Minister it would be smarter believe you can sell BahamaCARE to residents living in our neighbouring galaxy than for you to think that there you shouldn't be weary of the doctors and insurance companies anxiety - but for no other reason than they fully intend to protect their anti BahamaCARE stakeholders' positions.
They want nothing to do with anything remotely close to a government sponsored BahamaCARE.
Universal Healthcare for all the people runs contrary to their status quo profiteering.
PM don't even bother pushing for harmony between BahamaCARE and the doctors and insurance companies - cause it will never harmonize with the Healthcare needs of the people who need it the most - the working poor.

Do you know how sick persons get healthcare now? What will be different when the Government puts out an insurance programme?

Hahaha, this guy is a joker! Trust him ??? Why on earth would anyone trust this man. Look at his track record, lie after lie after failed promise, half truth, intentional misleading, bullying, negligence. This guy is the definition of untrustworthy.

Yes, we need to begin a revolution to Bahamaland Healthcare.
Comrades if you think the doctors couldn't be any more opposed BahamaCARE than they have been vocalizing, just wait for the noise begin once they start receiving the memo from the Department of Public Health (DPH), telling them they have keep their offices open on evenings and weekends. Makes sense extend hours considering the vast majority patients must ask bossman's, or bosslady's, time off go visit the doctor's office - or wait until after work to go to the PMH emergency department.
I guess at weekends in Bahamland there is no medical needs to tend patient care, despite the fact the mortality rates are 10% higher at weekends.

If some politicians asks "Trust Me", he proves that he knows that no one trusts him. Trusted leaders have followers without asking them to follow. He lost, lights are out of PGC.

Comrade I agree but only because you missed the main point to the
PM's "Trust Me".
This has less to do with trusting the PM as it is about a PM who is being forced into managing his risks when dealing with the profiteering doctors and insurance industry stakeholders'.
It is a "Trust Me" as the nations current PM's message to the healthcare provider profiteers - not the thousands people waiting since the Pindling, Sir Roland and Papa Hubert administrations, for a BahamaCARE revolution.
Unfortunately, thousands Bahamalander's have met their untimely deaths under healthcare disappointment circumstances, whilst waiting for the BahamaCARE revoultion. But it never came in time save their lives.

Trust him? Surely he jests!

Let's see, many people trusted him to solve crime, build BAMSI, open Baha Mar, strengthen our economy, use VAT to decrease national debt, not borrow more money from the Chinese, honor court judgments (Nygard and Blackbeards Island), respect the will of the people in the gambling referendum, hold the equality referendum as promised, and not make a laughing stock of our country. What have they done successfully?

And he wants the Bahamian people to trust him?????????

What a delusional idiot.

There is one fact that we continue to ignore and that is "we cannot afford NHI".

We should be working towards Universal Health Care (NHI is NOT Universal Health Care, not even close).

Steps have to be taken:

1.Plug the $100 million leak. Think of it, $100 million is spent on nothing. **The Ministry of Health wastes $11,415.52 per hour or $190.25 per minute or $31.70 per second.** That is a lot of health care that should be provided now but is not.

2. Start a program to get Bahamians to eat properly and exercise. **Our Obesity** represents approximately **60% of all health costs** (**Obesity is the main cause of high blood pressure, diabetes, heart problems and cancer**).

Then, and only then, we can talk about NHI.

Amen!!!!!!

Completely agree!!! We should start rewarding people for good behaviour. Typically we reward delinquents

There is no difference between the two: universal health care and NHI. Care to tell the difference. There might be variations in NHI like in Canada and in UK and in Germany and in Australia. ...what's your reference on the 60% cost of obesity/diabetes? I agree that the major cost in health care is attributed to non-communicable disease and illnesses eg trauma, cancer, hypertension diabetes. But by far trauma and cancer lead the cost.

Comrade economist ask why you never once have blogged any concern about .the profiteering insurance companies in Bahamaland and across the word's globe who are committed to increase profits.by the increases in claim deductibles, or limiting their resources when it comes to the most urgent and costly medical procedures?

That boat has sailed, trust has to be earned after so many mind boggling failures and lessons **not** learned in the last 3 years.

Shortly after the PM got in office, he took his entire cabinet and supporting staff to an out island for a cabinet meeting. He said at the time that he would do more of these getaway meetings as it would be a big boost to the local economies. And this is why we have such a hard time trusting the PM, his logic is inherently flawed. He did not take any time to analyze how much money that trip, that could have been had in Nassau at a fraction of the price, cost the treasury. In Nassau, the total cost ~may have been three plane tickets, but he bought possibly over 40 tickets, rented cars, bought expensive food, booked hotel rooms and he thought this was sound judgement. It would have been good if that money came from outside the country but it didn't. Trusting with this history is very hard

Good luck with that, especially when the majority of the population voted AGAINST you.

A question to Perry Christie, DO YOU TAKE ME FOR AN IDIOT? Really, because only an IDIOT would trust your lying, backtracking, corrupt, no rule of law, self! Carry your hip, you broke our trust when you turned a referendum into an "opinion poll" so you could take care of your major money men, you slime. You have lied so much you actually believe your own fib's, you have done enough damage, be gone you devil!

I have only been alive but 22 years, I believe however; it would be wiser to explain to the Bahamian people just exactly how this works in black and white. Make it plain and simple. The citizens of this country are already weary because of the unexplained VAT situation, because it doesn't seem to be helping the country in the way that they claimed it would be. Even if it is, we the people don't know. If Prime Minister Christie can clear up all the gray areas that his administration has created. Then we will be able to trust more than he is allowing us to.

The problem is they think the bulk of the Bahamian population are too stupid to understand it, so they are just going to jam it down your throats. Trying to explain it to you is above your education level, so why bother. The only PR they think the public understands are big parties for election rallies. But for VAT, and now NHI, the honestly do not feel you are worthy enough to warrant a proper explanation of how it is all meant to work. So just go back to the fields, do your work, and don't mind that we are taking more money from ya paycheck!!

**Tal wine right up today !** When we have National Legal Care, National Bank Care, National Architects Care, National Air Care. National Grocery Care, National Cable Care, National Telecoms Care, and everything on the same footing then we could trust Christie. And today they announce a 100% increase in the Bridge Toll to PI. I guess that will include VAT though.

probably not inclusive of VAT, that would mean less money in the hands of thieves

No one should be fool enough to trust VOMIT ......... time to get rid of that fool for good

trust PGC?!/! ahahah! haha! HAHA! lol! Yeah Right!

The man needs two good cowboy slap and one indian kick in he teeth!

Trust him ???? Ha! Ha! Ha! OMG I have heard it all

Can't stop laughing!!! Says to trust him......... wow!!!