Barrow: NHI is Bleeding SSB Funds

And while that's one part of the SSB audit, another points to the money spent on the NHI program since the year 2000. Barrow said that while he does not oppose NHI, it's clearly hemorrhaging SSB's long-term funds.

Hon. Dean Barrow,
"They started raiding SSB for NHI in 2001 and since then to December of 2004, government has taken $17 million from SSB for NHI. It can't be fair to use contributions made by workers countrywide, to fund an NHI that's not being enjoyed by workers countrywide because the NHI, as we know, has a very limited scope."

The Prime Minister did not refute those allegations, but spoke only generally about the soundness of Social Security's accounts, pointing to growth in all major areas, including investment income.