Dr Mark Murphy: What impact is private health insurance having on our health services?
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.
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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.
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.
The Irish Hospital Consultants Association has said capacity issues need to be urgently addressed.
Since 2012 there has been a 66% increase in the number of people with no private or public health cover, writes Feilim O’Rourke.
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There was a 10% increase in health expenditure between 2011 and 2016.
About 100,000 people have taken out health insurance in recent years to beat ‘age loadings’.
Health insurance is expensive enough so don’t pay any more than you have to, writes Dermot Goode.
The reductions kick in on 1 March.
The approval of the Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2017 today will result in better value for those who have private health insurance.
The changes are to take effect from 1 November.
Ireland’s financial services watchdog has said companies need to ask questions in a clear manner when customers sign up.
Older people often pay more as they’re less likely to shop around.
At least two in every five policyholders are on “dated and hugely overpriced plans”.
The delivery of hospital care is not quite the same for those without health insurance, writes an Irish consultant.
Signing up for private health care where none is available increases your bill ten times, and sometimes the situation can be even worse.
Health Minister Simon Harris has asked insurance companies not to pass on the increased cost to customers.
We’re going to put you to the test.
Around 46% of the Irish population have private health insurance.
A cap on tax relief on health insurance brought in €151 million.
Enda Kenny faced a grilling today during Leaders’ Questions.
Ireland’s second largest health insurer Laya Healthcare is hiking up its prices for some of its policies.
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”.
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The LCR deadline is midnight tomorrow – and providers have been reporting a rush to the phones as people sign up
Although hopefully most of them don’t actually have the plague.
The head of the private health insurance regulator made some alarming comments this morning.
The Irish Medical Organisation has called on the government to call a halt to insurance companies introducing such services.
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The move is designed to bring younger customers into the market.
More than 8 million citizens carried a card in 2013 compared to the previous year.
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