Oireachtas agenda: Medical cards, flood insurance and food labelling
Figures representing four of Ireland’s biggest grocery chains will be at the Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
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Figures representing four of Ireland’s biggest grocery chains will be at the Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
There are many reasons why competition in the healthcare sector will not work in the same way as it does in markets for other goods and services, says Brian Turner – who asks if more competition would mean better value.
However Minister of State Alex White said that medical card coverage of the over 70s population stands at 97 per cent.
The hearings on the effects of social media abuse resume at the Transport and Communications committee this morning.
HSE head Tony O’Brien will return to the Oireachtas today to discuss the executive’s national service plan for 2013.
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The European Commission says it’s disappointed that a draft document – raising the heat on Dublin – has been leaked.
Another batch of numbers to help digest the stories of the last seven days.
The HSE has written to all GPs in the medical card scheme reminding them of their obligations, after reports of charging for tests.
An IMF review says “expensive universal supports” like child benefit may need to be reformed to be better targeted.
Amnesty International’s new campaign for equal access to healthcare in Ireland features Karl Spain, Eric Lalor, Colin Murphy, Peter Coonan, Eleanor Tiernan and Brían Gleeson.
The change will mean more doctors will be allowed to treat patients who hold medical cards – improving access and increasing competition.
The announcement came on foot of a visit to the HSE’s centralised medical card processing office by the Oireachtas Health Committee today.
Dentists are furious at new figures which showed that the HSE had budgeted €63m for dental care, but only spent €51.5m.
The government has announced a €13.644 budget for health in 2012 – and says the state must save €543 million on healthcare spending.
Cathal Magee will face questions about the health service crisis when he appears before an Oireachtas committee.
Health Minister James Reilly is considering introducing an annual €50 charge on all medical cards. Today, we’re asking what do you think about the proposal?
Health Minister Dr James Reilly has come under fire from patients’ associations, the Opposition and medical groups for considering an annual €50 medical card charge.
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The health minister has confirmed that Cabinet has approved the drafting of legislation to do away with the barrier between some GPs and medical card patients.
New CSO data also says 30 per cent of adults have a medical card – and that hospital waiting lists are getting much longer.
Health minister James Reilly will promise to investigate any claims that GPs are charging for treatment like blood tests.
The levy will apply to each prescription item collected by a patient.