{"id":21017,"date":"2012-04-27T07:08:14","date_gmt":"2012-04-27T11:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=21017"},"modified":"2012-04-27T08:08:32","modified_gmt":"2012-04-27T12:08:32","slug":"plp-resurrects-failed-2002-healthcare-agenda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2012\/04\/plp-resurrects-failed-2002-healthcare-agenda","title":{"rendered":"PLP Resurrects Failed 2002 Healthcare Agenda"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Claim:<\/strong> The PLP promises to deliver a remarkable agenda of improvements to health care.<\/p>\n

The Truth:<\/strong> What is truly remarkable is that the PLP is bold enough to resurrect their failed 2002 promises and expect Bahamians to believe them a second time. In contrast, the FNM has delivered on healthcare and will deliver again. The record is clear.<\/p>\n

PLP Promises in 2002<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Introduce National Health Insurance as a matter of the most urgent priority. \u00a0\u00a0FAILED<\/li>\n
  • Transform Princess Margaret Hospital into a first class care facility. \u00a0\u00a0FAILED<\/li>\n
  • Modernize Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre. \u00a0\u00a0FAILED<\/li>\n
  • Develop regional hospital in Exuma. \u00a0\u00a0FAILED<\/li>\n
  • Reduce the level of infant mortality. \u00a0\u00a0FAILED<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    PLP Promises in 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • Bring into operation the National Health Insurance Act of 2006. (See 2002 Promises)<\/li>\n
    • Upgrades to PMH and the Rand. (See 2002 Promises)<\/li>\n
    • Upgrade and expand Sandilands Rehabilitation Centre. (See 2002 Promises)<\/li>\n
    • Mini hospitals on Eleuthera and Exuma. (See 2002 Promises)<\/li>\n
    • Reduce the level of infant mortality. (See 2002 Promises)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      But the FNM Delivered:<\/em><\/p>\n

      FNM Promises in 2007<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      • Introduce a Prescription Drug Programme. \u00a0DELIVERED<\/li>\n
      • Decentralise the delivery of health care through community clinics. \u00a0DELIVERED<\/li>\n
      • Renovate and expand Emergency Room at the Rand Memorial Hospital. \u00a0DELIVERED<\/li>\n
      • Renovate the Emergency Room at the Princess Margaret Hospital. \u00a0DELIVERED<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        FNM Promises in 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        • Introduce, within three years, a National Catastrophic Health Insurance Programme<\/li>\n
        • Construct a maternal and child health wing and Emergency Department in PMH<\/li>\n
        • Construct community hospitals in Abaco, Exuma, Eleuthera and Long Island<\/li>\n
        • Expand the prescription drug programme to cover all workers and their families<\/li>\n
        • Upgrade of all community clinics to standardize primary health care delivery<\/li>\n
        • Reduce the level of infant mortality<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          Same PLP. Same Empty Promises<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          The PLP promises to deliver an agenda of improvements to health care but has only resurrected their failed 2002 promises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10223285771444175_51037792744":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[74,60,168],"class_list":["post-21017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-fnm","tag-plp","tag-politics-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21017\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}