Insurers should pay for hospital care, say Health
Thursday 28th April 2011, 2:59PM BST.
Hospital managing director Andrew McLaughlin
INSURERS face new charges to help meet the costs of treating people involved in accidents.
Insurance premiums are not expected to rise to cover the £200,000 that the Health department plan to charge insurers every year – but talks between the Health department and insurers will take place over the summer about increasing the charges further.
As of Sunday, the Health department will demand £2,000 from insurers for treating someone who has been involved in a car accident and who stays in hospital, and £200 for treating someone who does not need to stay in overnight.
They have had the power to levy the changes under the law since 1989, but have never used them. Under the law, the payments will only be made when insurance claims are settled. Hospital managing director Andrew McLaughlin said that the money would come from companies, not patients.
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Premiums not expected to rise as a result? What dream land are you in?!
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The money that comes from the companies will come from the patients/public one way or another. I’m not knocking the idea but let us not be fooled.
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The money we get can go towards the higher wages we are paying for the new directors we are getting at the Hospital. Some of the jobs have not even been advertised locally
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had the power , since 1989, and never used them.
and the question is why not???
well the taxpayers know now that were have been saving the insurance companies bacon for the last 22 years , just giving are hard earned cash away.
i for one would shudder to think the lost figure from yours and mine’s pocket.
over to the auditor general to spill the beans please.
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“The health department have said it could save more than £200,000 a year.”
Or to put it into real terms about two-thirds of the MD’s salary!
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Another set of stealth taxes brought in by an over paid civil servant. All our premiums will rise as a result so they can enjoy £200k plus a year wages.
How about sacking some of these idiots first and saving some of our money that way.
God help us
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Oh dear, oh dear me, who is running Jersey? The politicians or overpaid civil servants? This should be the Health Minister making public pronouncements, not a civil servants attempting to justify his salary.
This is what is wrong with Jersey. It stinks.
Yes Perspicuous (2) we will pay one way or another, there is no saving, just more bureaucracy. This is a lose-lose idea, Andrew McLaughlin does not deserve an interns salary for this idea, it’s dumb.
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Thats going to be a bit tricky for the ones who make fraudulent claims isn’t it?!!!
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here we go insurance is going up just before gst goes up in june so thats a double hit just like all the shops and supermarkets over here rpi will just keep going up and up
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Translates as: Mcloughlin furiously trying to justify his Rock Star wages……it is simply another STEALTH TAX….the insurers will not absorb this so who do you think will as he crows ..Look ..Loook everybody what I’ve saved you …the implication that we now get him for free…WRONG..!!!! just another ploy…thye punters you and me will again have it extracted in increased premiums….Let it be known far and wide that you see the geam.
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