# health-insurance - Thursday 10 December, 2020
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
Dublin-based GP Mark Murphy looks at the impact private insurance has had on our the whole system and asks if it is a help or a hindrance.
# health-insurance - Wednesday 25 March, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Private hospitals will act as part of the public health system for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic, but the exact details are yet to be confirmed.
# health-insurance - Monday 2 September, 2019
# Health Insurance
# Health Insurance
The Irish Hospital Consultants Association has said capacity issues need to be urgently addressed.
# health-insurance - Tuesday 5 March, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
Since 2012 there has been a 66% increase in the number of people with no private or public health cover, writes Feilim O’Rourke.
# health-insurance - Friday 2 November, 2018
# Medical Cards
# Medical Cards
Ireland’s two-tiered system contributes to the type of service patients receive, even from public providers, a new report has found.
# health-insurance - Saturday 23 June, 2018
# Hospitals
# Hospitals
There was a 10% increase in health expenditure between 2011 and 2016.
# health-insurance - Sunday 20 May, 2018
# Your Say
# Your Say
About 100,000 people have taken out health insurance in recent years to beat ‘age loadings’.
# Read Me
# Read Me
Health insurance is expensive enough so don’t pay any more than you have to, writes Dermot Goode.
# health-insurance - Thursday 18 January, 2018
# Price Drop
# Price Drop
The reductions kick in on 1 March.
# health-insurance - Tuesday 14 November, 2017
# Premiums
# Premiums
The approval of the Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2017 today will result in better value for those who have private health insurance.
# health-insurance - Wednesday 4 October, 2017
# Competitive
# Competitive
The changes are to take effect from 1 November.
# health-insurance - Wednesday 6 September, 2017
# Insurance
# Insurance
Ireland’s financial services watchdog has said companies need to ask questions in a clear manner when customers sign up.
# health-insurance - Monday 12 June, 2017
# Your Say
# Your Say
Older people often pay more as they’re less likely to shop around.
# Shop Around
# Shop Around
At least two in every five policyholders are on “dated and hugely overpriced plans”.
# health-insurance - Wednesday 3 May, 2017
# Read Me
# Read Me
The delivery of hospital care is not quite the same for those without health insurance, writes an Irish consultant.
# health-insurance - Monday 17 April, 2017
# The Small Print
# The Small Print
Signing up for private health care where none is available increases your bill ten times, and sometimes the situation can be even worse.
# health-insurance - Friday 11 November, 2016
# Price Increase
# Price Increase
Health Minister Simon Harris has asked insurance companies not to pass on the increased cost to customers.
# health-insurance - Friday 9 September, 2016
# health-insurance - Tuesday 26 April, 2016
# Your Say
# Your Say
Around 46% of the Irish population have private health insurance.
# health-insurance - Monday 11 January, 2016
# Health Insurance
# Health Insurance
A cap on tax relief on health insurance brought in €151 million.
# health-insurance - Wednesday 18 November, 2015
# UHI
# UHI
Enda Kenny faced a grilling today during Leaders’ Questions.
# health-insurance - Saturday 25 July, 2015
# On The Up
# On The Up
Ireland’s second largest health insurer Laya Healthcare is hiking up its prices for some of its policies.
# health-insurance - Thursday 18 June, 2015
# Tough Nut To Crack
# Tough Nut To Crack
Insurance expert Dermot Goode says that with the best will in the world the utopia of universal health care remains “5 to 10 years away, minimum”.
# health-insurance - Wednesday 17 June, 2015
# ReillyCare
# ReillyCare
The Health Minister still wants universal healthcare but maybe not in the way James Reilly envisioned.
# health-insurance - Wednesday 29 April, 2015
# The Big Deadline
# The Big Deadline
The LCR deadline is midnight tomorrow – and providers have been reporting a rush to the phones as people sign up
# health-insurance - Friday 24 April, 2015
# Sure It'll Be Grand
# Sure It'll Be Grand
Although hopefully most of them don’t actually have the plague.
# health-insurance - Wednesday 18 March, 2015
# Off Their Trolleys
# Off Their Trolleys
The head of the private health insurance regulator made some alarming comments this morning.
# health-insurance - Wednesday 25 February, 2015
The Irish Medical Organisation has called on the government to call a halt to insurance companies introducing such services.
# health-insurance - Wednesday 21 January, 2015
# Your Say
# Your Say
The issue’s back in the news today. But how much do you know about your health insurance policy?
# health-insurance - Tuesday 30 December, 2014
# Boston
# Boston
Bridget Glynn has shared her family’s story in the hope it will help others.
# health-insurance - Saturday 20 December, 2014
# Prime Numbers
# Prime Numbers
How many pigs are in Ireland? How many people are paid minimum wage? So many questions…
# health-insurance - Wednesday 10 December, 2014
# Health Insurance
# Health Insurance
The health insurer has announced 100 new positions at its Dublin offices.
# health-insurance - Saturday 8 November, 2014
# Prime Numbers
# Prime Numbers
Plus: How many new cars have been sold in Ireland so far this year?
# health-insurance - Wednesday 5 November, 2014
# New Law
# New Law
The Minister has announced how he will address the increase in premiums for private health insurance.
# health-insurance - Monday 8 September, 2014
# Everybody Freeze
# Everybody Freeze
The recently-installed health minister wants companies to freeze their prices. But can his big idea work? Here’s what people think of it…
# health-insurance - Tuesday 8 July, 2014
# Insurance
# Insurance
The move is designed to bring younger customers into the market.
# health-insurance - Wednesday 25 June, 2014
# SICK ABROAD
# SICK ABROAD
More than 8 million citizens carried a card in 2013 compared to the previous year.
# health-insurance - Tuesday 17 June, 2014
# In Good Health
# In Good Health
The company also announced that it had finalised a reinsurance deal with Warren Buffett’s company, Berkshire Hathaway.
# health-insurance - Saturday 7 June, 2014
# Prime Numbers
# Prime Numbers
Plus: What percentage of Labour TDs are running for deputy leader of the party?
# health-insurance - Wednesday 4 June, 2014
# Bully Boy Tactics
# Bully Boy Tactics
The independent TD said the airline’s decision to remove perks from cabin crew who went on strike last week was “outrageous”.
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