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A potential perverse incentive may be driving patients with private health insurance into the public hospital system, a senior hospital executive has warned.
Insured ‘steered to public hospitals’
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Extension of PHI could entrench inequality — ICS
The extension of private health insurance (PHI) to cover primary care would further entrench health inequalities, the Irish Cancer Society (ICS) has warned.
Minister wants 50% to hold health insurance
The Minister for Health would like the percentage of the population holding private health insurance to again reach 50 per cent — a figure not seen since the peak of 2008 before the economic downturn.
McLoughlin move on admissions, discharges
The recent report by Pat McLoughlin on measures to reduce private health insurance costs contained a number of recommendations relating to admission and discharge procedures and processes, and the HSE and all health insurers have met to put in place a process to implement the recommendations.
Most insurance cover ‘downgraded’
One in four people with private health insurance (PHI) downgraded their insurance cover at their last renewal — with the overwhelming majority (91 per cent) citing expense as the reason for their action, a new poll has shown.
Report on private health insurance costs delayed
By Lloyd Mudiwa.
O’Brien: no top-up perks at HSE hospitals
By Gary Culliton.
Budget to hit ’90 per cent’ of policies
By Gary Culliton.
New law will not yield targeted €60 million
By Gary Culliton.
Vhi says some procedure prices ‘have been halved’
By Gary Culliton.