Dear Editor,
We all know that SZV is the most important health organization on the health being for most of the working class, whether they were sole proprietorship, join owners or companies. Each person has to contribute their share to it.
It is compulsory for the working class to pay their insurance premiums to cover the health care.
If the entire working class are healthy, no sickness, there will be no doctors or Medical Center/Hospital exist.
If there were less patients, the hospital will not generate incomes to cover its cost or payment to the caretakers (employees).
Our SZV, since 10-10-10 has made a very important role to cover the health care for most people on the island. Their collection power is excellent. Almost all companies are obliged to pay the monthly premiums to insure their workers/employees.
There may be some abuses by some workers in the work force, but during these years, these practices have mostly been detected.
SZV has not been paying the Hospital a fair share as the Hospital has not been in a proper financial situation for a long time.
Institution like SZV should be there for the general interest for the people, not being there to make money. They have made monies, one can see that they bought the Government Building. It is the owner of the building.
Polices enforced by SZV costs workers to suffer tremendously. Companies are forced to pay the premiums on time, yet workers are forced to run up and down for tit or tat and won’t have insurance to cover in the meantime.
It hurts to see a small man, who are forced to pay their share, whether by employer or himself and doesn’t get coverage for their loved ones. The recent incident of this man who had been running back and forth to SZV to get insurance coverage for his child. With all the frustrations, he ended up in the prison. He deserves to be treated better.
Hurricane Irma has done damage to all, but it reveals the true identity of SZV.
If workers are forced to pay the insurance coverage and why is it that these workers are denied for the valid SZV cards? Sending workers back for reasons beyond comprehensions. Resident permit expired, so does the insurance card. Don’t speak English, go home and learn it first before getting your insurance card (coverage), forgot to bring your last month’s payslip, without your working contract, go back and get another appointment, which takes a minimum of 3 weeks.
In the meantime, this person has no insurance coverage while his employer continued paying/deducting monies for the premiums. What are these conditions to do with getting a valid insurance card?
While workers have no insurance coverage, premiums have to be paid, that is what I term it truly day time robbery.
Sau-Ying Yau
Name in English withheld at author's request
