National Health Fund Could Collapse

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The NHF currently provides support to the national healthcare system by subsidising drugs for more than 400,000 Jamaicans affected by chronic illnesses. It also provides assistance to private- and public-sector organisations for health projects.

"We need more money, we have been doing our job and I think most Jamaicans are reasonably satisfied with what we have been doing," [Hugh Lawson] told The Weekly Gleaner.

Lawson also pointed out that the NHF has also seen an increase in the money it receives from the tax on tobacco, since me apporauno of the new Commissioner of Customs, Danville Walker

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National Health Fund Could Collapse

THE MANAGEMENT of the National Health Fund (NHF) is issuing warning signs about the sustainability of the pr...

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