The private insurance push demonstrates that the Government has no intention of ensuring fairer access to healthcare. See here for Medical Independent column on 15 May 2015.
In classic Department of Health newspeak, so-called ‘lifetime community rating’ means the opposite to the very principle of community rating. Up to 1 May 2015, Ireland’s private health insurance system operated under a system of ‘community rating’, whereby everybody was charged the same premium for a health insurance plan, irrespective of their age, gender or health status. (more…)
Column from Irish Independent on 13 March 2015
The central plank of this Government’s ‘democratic revolution’ for health was to develop a ‘universal, single-tiered health service, which guarantees access based on need, not income’. This was to be achieved by giving free GP care for all by early 2016 and rolling out universal health insurance in 2016. (more…)
See here for my column from Medical Independent on survey carried out on health insurance from 15 May 2014 (more…)
If implemented, the recommendations of the report into the cost of private health insurance would make a difference to the Minister’s plans for universal care. Column from Medical Independent on 23 January 2014. (more…)
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