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Pensioners and their families to Remain under SVB.

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Willemstad: --- The parliament of the Netherlands Antilles has given health Minister Omayra Leeflang the green light to keep all pensioners and their families under the Social Insurance Bank fund. A press release from the president of parliament Pedro Attacho states that he already informed the Minister of Public Health during the Central Committee meeting held last Tuesday that a majority of the members went along with her proposal to keep former civil servants and their families who became 60 years old under the Social Insurance Bank fund. (SVB). The members of the central committee accepted the proposal anticipating that there would be a change in the law regarding the issue of health care for the elderly.

This decision is also applicable to persons who, because of the health insurance system in the Netherlands, ceased to have health insurance and that have left the Netherlands and have established themselves in the Netherlands Antilles.

On this issue, a majority of the Members of Parliament present during the meeting of the Central Committee, agreed to have the SVB act accordingly, meaning that the SVB can go ahead with accepting these people in the health insurance fund of the SVB.

Finally, the President of Parliament urged Minister Leeflang to submit the draft of the law to Parliament as soon as possible.

 

 

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curious
August, 23, 2009, 06:06
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i would like to know the rules of this new law. i want to know how abuse will be avoided because now every dick harry and paul can come to St. maarten at the age of 59 work for a year and be insured without contributing to this fund.

please inform me further.

our immigration policy must go hand in hand with this new law or our childred will be paying medical premiums out of their noses to finance this new law

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sue
August, 23, 2009, 06:09
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this article is written so wrong. civil servants are not insured under the SVB.

print correct info please

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