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# Medical Cards

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# reinstated
Restoration of discretionary medical cards welcomed, but questions still remain
Campaigners want temporary measures to be introduced that will improve the application process for new applicants.
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Jun 17th 2014, 10:47 PM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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Jun 17th 2014, 4:50 PM
# not perfect
'I'm very sorry': Enda Kenny apologies over medical card 'stress'
Gerry Adams said the “embarrassing u-turn” proved that James Reilly should not continue as health minister.
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Jun 17th 2014, 4:41 PM
# U-turn
Over 15,000 people are being given back their medical cards
Cards will be restored to people who have serious medical conditions but lost them under a HSE review.
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Jun 17th 2014, 1:19 PM
# Medical Cards
PAC Chair says HSE is 'not fit for purpose'
John McGuinness called on the HSE’s Director General and the Secretary General of the Department of Health to resign.
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Jun 12th 2014, 4:50 PM
# Conflict of Interest
James Reilly should not oversee review of maternity services appointment - Adams
Sinn Féin’s leader said there is a conflict of interest for the director of the West/North West Hospital Group, Noel Daly.
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Jun 11th 2014, 1:26 PM
# no review
No plans to extend Long Term Illness Scheme list despite not being updated since 1970
There have been calls that the new expert review panel for medical cards should match conditions on the LTI list.
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Jun 8th 2014, 8:30 PM
# children's health
Some discretionary medical cards to be reinstated 'within weeks'
Minister James Reilly also apologised for distress caused by the issue, the Our Children’s Health group said.
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Jun 7th 2014, 9:27 PM
# News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Saturday
Everyone’s talking about negotiations over strike action at Aer Lingus, a political opinion poll, and Ukraine’s new president.
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Jun 7th 2014, 9:25 PM
# Medical Cards
HSE boss: We never asked parents to prove children still had lifelong conditions
“I am saying questions were asked that were not those questions, but which may have been interpreted as that.”
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Jun 6th 2014, 10:16 AM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Good morning! Here are the nine stories you need to know this morning as we edge closer to the weekend.
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Jun 6th 2014, 8:15 AM
# consultation
Expert group appointed to decide which conditions should automatically qualify for medical card
The public consultation process will get underway tomorrow.
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Jun 5th 2014, 8:17 PM
# Medical Cards
Noonan: Some people will get their medical cards back
There was a “long discussion on medical cards at Cabinet yesterday”.
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Jun 4th 2014, 11:22 AM
# Medical Cards
People who had medical cards revoked could now have them restored
From January 2013 to April 2014 there was a fall-off of 16,000 discretionary medical cards.
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Jun 3rd 2014, 9:03 PM
# News Fix
Here's What Happened Today: Sunday
Everyone’s been talking about an emergency landing, a missing woman and a motor rally tragedy.
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Jun 1st 2014, 8:30 PM
# What now?
'Medical card review suspension means nothing to us - they already took ours away'
Alex White says a special section of the HSE will be tasked with dealing with those that have already had their medical cards revoked.
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May 31st 2014, 7:00 AM
# Retrospective
Families who had discretionary medical card revoked already will not get them back
The HSE said there are legal issues surrounding the reinstating of discretionary medical cards that have already been taken away.
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May 30th 2014, 10:45 PM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
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May 30th 2014, 4:51 PM
# promises
Alex White to meet with medical card campaigners this afternoon
The parents want reassurance those who had their cards removed before the announcement yesterday will get them back.
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May 30th 2014, 1:45 PM
# Cutbacks
Alex White denies presiding over medical card review, says it was a joint decision
The junior minister admitted that the government was “too slow to move on the issue”.
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May 30th 2014, 12:32 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Morning. It’s Friday and it’s June bank holiday. Here’s the nine things you need to know.
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May 30th 2014, 8:35 AM
# welcomed
Stopping of medical card reviews welcomed but government warned "We need a big fix not a quick fix"
The IMO says cards which have been withdrawn should be returned.
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May 29th 2014, 10:58 PM
# Health
Discretionary medical card review process to stop immediately
A panel of experts will he set up by the HSE to assess the conditions that qualify under medical need.
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May 29th 2014, 4:12 PM
# pledge to help
'This isn't the Ireland we all know': Taoiseach meets medical card campaigners
Enda Kenny said yesterday that he plans to fix the problem where discretionary medical cards are being removed from ill children.
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May 29th 2014, 9:54 AM
# promise
Taoiseach pledges to solve problem of medical cards being removed from sick children
Enda Kenny said proposals were being submitted tomorrow in a bid to fix the problems with the system.
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May 28th 2014, 3:28 PM
# Medical Card Crisis
"Taking medical cards from sick children is not acceptable" - Michael Noonan
The Finance Minister said seven per cent of people lost their cards after a review.
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May 27th 2014, 5:00 PM
# HSE
Medical card protest to take place outside Government buildings today... and everyday
Campaign group Our Children’s Health said they will protest every day until the Health Act of 1970 is changed.
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May 27th 2014, 7:30 AM
# HSE
Number of discretionary medical cards falls by over 16,000
In January 2013, 63,126 were eligible for a discretionary medical card. In April 2014, just 46,535 now have a discretionary medical card.
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May 27th 2014, 6:30 AM
# Medical Cards
'They may not have a voice, but they certainly have an army of supporters' CEO of Jack and Jill
A ‘Show of Support’ Campaign will be held outside government buildings tomorrow.
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May 26th 2014, 11:15 PM
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Morning folks. They’re still counting in some areas around the country, here are the nine big stories you need to know.
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May 26th 2014, 8:28 AM
# families battle
Over 50,000 sign petition over discretionary medical cards as parents say 'no more'
The campaign wants the law changed so that any child diagnosed with a serious illness or congenital condition automatically gets a full medical card.
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May 25th 2014, 8:30 PM
# Gardagate
Taoiseach won't say yet what he told Secretary General to tell Callinan
If he is called before the Commission of Investigation into the GardaGate scandal, he will “respond fully” on the issue.
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May 21st 2014, 11:20 PM
# free gp care
Doctors call for 'Robin Hood' approach to medical card crisis
The NAGP want the government to divert money that’s ring-fenced for free under six care to discretionary medical cards.
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May 21st 2014, 3:00 PM
# HSE
'They took the medical card from our little girl. She has Cerebral Palsy and may never walk'
Five-year-old Lauryn Tracy had her wheelchair stolen last year and now the HSE have revoked her medical card.
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May 16th 2014, 11:00 PM
# means tested
Symphysiotomy survivors are being assessed for medical card reviews
A survivors group is accusing the Government of “hollowness”.
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May 15th 2014, 6:54 PM
# Health Committee
Politicians head on day trip to find out "first hand" what's going on with medical cards
The group of TDs will travel to north Dublin to visit the HSE’s medical card centre.
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May 15th 2014, 8:45 AM
# contracted
Outsourcing of medical card reviews to German company blamed for 'bizarre judgements'
Clare Daly TD told the Dáil that staff at Dublin-based Arvato Finance are not trained to carry out the reviews.
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May 14th 2014, 10:35 PM
# hardship
Taoiseach says nobody should be asked if their child 'still had Down syndrome?'
Medical cards were discussed in the Dáil this afternoon.
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May 14th 2014, 12:52 PM
# horror stories
Dáil hears of woman with spinal and brain cancer who lost medical card
The story was one of many outlined as part of a Sinn Féin motion this evening.
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May 13th 2014, 9:25 PM
# alex kinne coyle
Dad of boy with rare disease pens moving 'I have a dream' speech
Alex Kinne Coyle has a rare disease and needs constant care – but his medical card was revoked this year.
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May 13th 2014, 7:15 AM
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