Untimely payments can deny residents care under NHI – Roy Barry
This was revealed by Mr Roy Barry, Deputy Director of the BVI Social Security Board during the Speak Your Mind TV show aired on September 14, 2013. Once implemented, the NHI will become a mandatory programme requiring all legal residents to contribute to the system once they are determined to be able to pay.
“If the contributions are not submitted in a timely manner, after a certain period, you’d be denied access to care,” Barry stated. He further disclosed that this period has not yet been determined.
He noted that employees would need to submit their payslips to verify that monies were deducted from their salaries towards the NHI and offered that negligent or delinquent employers woud be policed to ensure that their contributions are being made.
Residents will be required to make a contribution of 7.5 percent of their earnings towards the NHI, with half of this amount being paid by employers on behalf of their staff.
Employees, Barry assured, have the right to check with the NHI office to ensure that their contributions are being made up to date.
“When you seek to access care and your card is swiped, automatically it will state whether or not you qualify for care, based on the National Health Insurance payments. In the event that your contributions are not up to date, then it would state that you can’t access care with National Health Insurance,” Barry stated.
Mr Barry further said that persons denied care under these circumstances could pay for their care upfront then take their payslips to the NHI office for this to be rectified.
“We will actively pursue the employers, and if we have to take them to court, that we will do,” Barry assured.
Persons requiring emergency care overseas have a forty-eight (48) hour window period to make contact with the NHI and inform them of their medical situation, according to Barry.
He also advised persons under the NHI that it may be better to have a supplementary insurance instead of having two insurance providers and he gave an example where the NHI may pay up to 80 percent of a claim while the private insurance can pay the 20 percent balance. This can allow the claimant to have zero expense in certain instances.
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13 Responses to “Untimely payments can deny residents care under NHI – Roy Barry”
More reason why we should not have this plan. This statement calls for clarity.
Meh son I done turn a blind eye because he done learn to tell so much l!e like the premier it ain't funny. Take that thing off the table because we have no money for it. Talk done.
NONSENSE!