And that is the sign of economic constriction.
VAT increase added to the threatened Heath Insurance TAX (make no mistake, the compulsory "contribution" that by their own words "shares" the burden.
creating uncertainty/ instability seems to be their forte.

The truth sucks.
No amount of Technology and reform of processes can overcome the simple and arbitrary civil servant obstacle/refusal to stamp/sign/facilitate without favor/bribe/sweet talk.
The existing processes served the British empire for centuries, based on civil servants "serving"
Fix the damn people! stop appointing those who would "set up shop" within government departments.

Idiot doesn't realize that it is the Employees that will opt out of existing private plans, not employers.
The plans get undercut enrollment which will reduce employer payroll costs, by a small margin.
The laws of unintended consequences always catch these guys asleep.

Too many entrenched special interests blended in with BPL management and pulling strings?
It stinks whether the above is true or it is just total incompetence.

Refit? Come on Tribune, "Repair Damage done" would be more accurate.
All these boats have crossed the Atlantic due to damage done!
Question: Did we also have to hire a EU pilot to get the boat safely thru the English Channel?
Or did England donate one, to preserve their own maritime safety?

The Tragedy is politicians misleading ordinary citizens that somehow they and they alone can be trusted with a citizens health.
They can be trusted with nothing, from Mail delivery to fiscal responsibility.
I suggest Dr. Sands go back to his AM Starbucks sessions.
Safer for the population, at least there you can opt out!

There cannot be any rational thinking person in the Bahamas that thinks this "scheme" will work?
Quality of healthcare will not improve. Dr.s receivables will improve for a time until the $100mil
runs out, at which point it will go into overdraft just like the rbpf/bec/rbdf fuel tabs
and any other Bill the Government is in arrears on.

Schemer, that list has been fulfilled by Bahamians.
They're all working in the Florida Medical industry.

BP is right, in normal circumstances, however Hutchinson has our Idiots over a barrel.
Attempting to deduct the $6-7mil would cause no sale. Hutch would walk away and sit some more.
Hutch is bigger than the Bahamas. Their Net profit is bigger than our National debt. They answer to no one except their party Chairman.
To be fair, This administration is but the most recent group in over their heads, and must suffer the endless string of bad decisions made and compounded in respect of Freeport.
And now I'm thinking i've slighted Idiots, as even they have a 50/50 chance to get something right by sheer odds of random choice.

All this goes to show that our successive administrations have been completely inept negotiators, and continue to be so.
Oblivious to what the other side of a negotiation see, want, and know, right behind the idiots shoulder.
In this it seems PLP and FNM are synonymous.