SZV-insured get access to non-emergency transport from Accessible Ventures
PHILIPSBURG — Social and Health Insurances SZV and Accessible Ventures recently signed a service agreement that would benefit those most in need of door-to-door transportation to access medical care. This new service is based on a medical referral application procedure and is for SZV insured who are: dialysis patients, cancer patients undergoing More...
SZV and APAP psychologists sign care contract
PHILIPSBURG — New care contracts have been signed between SZV and private practice psychologists Miranda Veltman, Caroline van Oost, Carmencita Dekkers-Chemont and Alexandra van Luijken. The care contract offers More...
Government debt of NAf 91 million to SZV one step closer to resolve
PHILIPSBURG — Director of SZV Glen A. Carty and Minister of Finance Perry Geerlings signed a letter of intent on Friday August 23rd regarding the outstanding social & health insurances premiums owed by Government More...
Shady business at SZV? Maybe not
PHILIPSBURG – ‘Shady business taking place at USZV, Medwork and Medicosmetics’; thus read a recent headline on a notorious gossip-blog. The underlying article spoke of a “shady affiliation’ of Medwork More...
Smear campaign comes from fear and jealousy, Minister Lee says
PHILIPSBURG – “The Ministry of VSA rocks and I am very proud of my staff,” caretaker Minister Emil Lee said at the end of his candid interview with Andrew Dick. Lee dismissed allegations made against him More...
Petit repeats old accusations against Minister Lee
PHILIPSBURG – Dr. Michel Petit, the former chairman of the supervisory board of Social and Health Insurance SZV, launched what can be considered an unprecedented attack against caretaker Public Health Minister More...
SMMC requests no interference
~Current wording used in Motion of No Confidence could cost St. Maarten over USD 30 million~ CAY HILL – The Board of Directors and the Supervisory Council of St. Maarten Medical Center (SMMC) has taken note of More...
MP Mercelina tackles national health insurance plan again
PHILIPSBURG – MP Luc Mercelina (United Democrats) repeated his objections against the introduction of a National Health Insurance (NHI) plan during the handling of the draft 2019 budget in parliament on Monday. More...
General Health Insurance (GHI) may solve major health care problems
PHILIPSBURG — The introduction of a general health insurance policy seems to be the solution to all the health care woes facing the government. Minister responsible for health affairs Emil Lee said at Wednesday’s More...
Minister Lee: Too many residents cannot access health insurance with our current system
POND ISLAND — During the council of Ministers’ press briefing of Wednesday March 27th, Minister Lee outlined several examples of groups of persons who fall in between the cracks of the current health insurance More...
