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N. H. Cole Simons

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31 May 2019 House of Assembly
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She also taught in the UK. So, I would like to congratulate her for her 100th anniversary and salute her for her contributions to educ ation. While on education, I would like to also congratulate Shelly Grace of Warwick Academy. She has been teaching for 40 years. That is a monumental period to be in the profession. She teaches health …
31 May 2019 House of Assembly
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I would like to also send co ndolences to the family of the late Robert Hedges. He was instrumental in forming a reinsurance brokerage company in the 1970s. He hired a number of Berm udians. He has two athletic sons, Trevor and . . . I fo rget his other son’s name. But he made the reinsur-ance brokerage industry what …
31 May 2019 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will be very brief. Generally, I think the legislation has merit. My colleagues have addressed most of the issues, but my ques tion evolves around remuneration packages. The question that I have, obviously, you know, we could have different types of consultants. We could have a communications consultant. We could have like a r esearch …
17 May 2019 House of Assembly
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Thank y ou, Mr. Speak er. I rise this morning to send congratulatory r emarks to Christian Dunleavy. He recently was ap-pointed CEO of Aspen Bermuda. I would like to ass ociate my colleagues, Ms. Pat G ordon- Pamplin, and Jeanne Atherden. This is a young Bermudian, a very young Bermudian, who started off in reinsurance, very unassuming, did what …
17 May 2019 House of Assembly
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I would like to also associate myself with the comments in regard to Freddy Stailey. As you know, I am an equestrian. And his fields were just across the street from where my horse is kept. And many a morning, I w ould go out, and he would say, Mr. Simons, you’re late today! You’re late! Your horse has been …
17 May 2019 House of Assembly
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So, again, this is a wonderful achievement. And it speaks well for what is going on in education here in Bermuda. And then, I would just also like to acknowledge the seniors. There were a number of seniors who graduated yesterday, and they were so proud. They [made] career changes. And I remember one lady who was in the culinary …
17 May 2019 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr . Speaker.
17 May 2019 House of Assembly
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Mr. Speaker, this has been an interesting debate. Mr. Speaker, a lot of things that have been said and presented by the Minister of Health make sense. She spoke about equity. She spoke about efficiency. She spoke about streamlining the process. She spoke about universal health care for all. She spoke about lowering the costs. And she wants a better …
17 May 2019 House of Assembly
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Are you trying to get rid of me, Mr. Speaker? Mr. Speaker, the other issue that I would like to speak to is the issue of . . . (Let’s see here. I have her brief; sorry.) You know, I said everyone was to reduce the health care cost and the middleman. But the question becomes, when we move the …
17 May 2019 House of Assembly
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Eighty per cent of every do llar goes to claims cost. Claims costs include hospitals, inpatient care, sur gery, anaesthetists, hospital outp atient, lab and diagnostics, doctors’ visits, preventative care, prescriptions and others. That is 80 per cent of every premium dollar. Fifteen per cent of every prem ium dollar goes to administrative costs and reinsur-ance. This 15 per cent …
17 May 2019 House of Assembly
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Oh, Lord, that is a world unto itself. And claims processing and other administr ative costs. So, that is 95 per cent to administration, compliance, marketing and claims costs. There is 5 per cent left, Mr. Speaker. And 5 per cent is attributed to risk charge and profit. So, what do I mean by “risk charge and profit ”? There …
17 May 2019 House of Assembly
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That is fine. They have health centres, five or six, around the country that can take some of the load of a hospital. But those health centres have to be sanctioned and supported by the government. And that way, we can relieve some of the demands and tensions that we currently see at the hospital. Because we ha ve one …
17 May 2019 House of Assembly
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Lamb Foggo Clinic. Again, that can be used to take some of the weight off of the demand of the hospital. [Inaudible interjections]
17 May 2019 House of Assembly
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So, Mr. Speaker, I would suggest that the Government come up with a plan to demonstrate to the people of this country how they are going to relieve some of the demands and the challenges that we face in servicing the numbers that currently exist in the hospital. I mean, currently, like I said, we are embarking upon a new …
17 May 2019 House of Assembly
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And there is a potential, as my collea gue has said. And so, I think we might need to look at that because it causes . . . it is a fertile ground for overusage. But the interesting thing about this is that somebody said to me, But what’s the doctors’ position on this change ? Because it impacts them …
17 May 2019 House of Assembly
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Blue ribbon service (thank you) that they can have and enjoy. And what is the end product? The end product is a two- tiered system, just what we are trying to get away from. So, what is being proposed does not provide equity, as the Mini ster would like. And I would like to see equity. But it is just …
10 May 2019 House of Assembly
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, during the 2018/19 Budget D ebate press briefing, the Premier promised that there would be no closures or mergers of Bermuda’s public schools. And he went on to say that this i s not som ething that we are looking to do right now. Can the Premier give us an update as to his …
10 May 2019 House of Assembly
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Yes. I have one question and two supplementaries , right?
10 May 2019 House of Assembly
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Okay. Well, I will keep going.
10 May 2019 House of Assembly
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Okay. M y first supplementary: What was the source of the document that the Premier was referring to?