# health-insurance - Yesterday’s News
# health-insurance - Tuesday 18 June, 2013
Senator Professor John Crown said that the decision by GloHealth means private patients are having to be put into public health care.
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# health-insurance - Sunday 16 June, 2013
A group of independent hospitals says asking private patients to waive public rights will send premiums even higher.
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Of course we hope you don’t get sick on your holidays, but just in case…
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# health-insurance - Saturday 15 June, 2013
In the government’s health bill, published yesterday, there could now be a daily charge for a single occupancy room of up to €1,122.
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Good morning! Here are nine things to know before you start your day…
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# health-insurance - Thursday 6 June, 2013
The European Health Insurance Card is free to EU citizens – but one website charges up to €19.99 to process your form.
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# health-insurance - Friday 24 May, 2013
45.3 per cent of the population is now covered by private insurance – down from a peak of 50.9 per cent.
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# health-insurance - Monday 13 May, 2013
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
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Insurance companies are worried about the decline in young people enrolling as the costs of insuring those over 60 are considerably higher.
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# health-insurance - Thursday 2 May, 2013
It had been reported that changes in how the State charges insurers for public beds could send premiums even higher.
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# health-insurance - Thursday 28 March, 2013
The insurance company paid out €4.1 million in medical and hospital cases, and €330,000 in maternity claims.
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# health-insurance - Tuesday 26 March, 2013
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.
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# health-insurance - Sunday 24 March, 2013
The former chief executive of the Irish Medical Organisation departs with a €10 million pension which has been halved following negotiations.
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# health-insurance - Wednesday 20 March, 2013
In a speech today Reilly said the insurance provider targets younger, more profitable customers rather than the more expensive, older customer”.
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# health-insurance - Tuesday 19 March, 2013
In 2012, 64,000 people dropped their health cover.
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# health-insurance - Monday 4 March, 2013
Just under 2.1 million were covered by private policies at the end of 2012, a fall of nearly 3 per cent over the year.
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# health-insurance - Saturday 2 March, 2013
An average of 6,000 people leave the private health insurance market every month and Fianna Fáil said there is little incentive for young people to take it on.
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# health-insurance - Tuesday 26 February, 2013
The company said it has minimised increases on all plans and there are no increases on many of our entry level plans.
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# health-insurance - Saturday 23 February, 2013
The managing director of the company, Dónal Clancy, said that Ireland’s healthcare market needed “radical reform”.
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# health-insurance - Wednesday 20 February, 2013
The scheme came into effect on 1 January 2013.
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# health-insurance - Wednesday 13 February, 2013
Much of the Bill gives effect to measures announced in Budget 2013 – but there are also some new parts.
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# health-insurance - Wednesday 30 January, 2013
Premium costs will rise from next month.
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VHI is reported to be announcing another price increase today as the number of those with private healthcare falls. Do you have health insurance?
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# health-insurance - Tuesday 4 December, 2012
This evening James Reilly will lead Dáil statements on the report of the Expert Group into the A, B and C ruling.
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# health-insurance - Friday 16 November, 2012
James Reilly unveils a programme of ambitious reform in the health sector – saying he’ll need two terms to totally finish it up.
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# health-insurance - Thursday 25 October, 2012
Representatives from all four health insurers told an Oireachtas committee it could help to save a struggling industry.
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# health-insurance - Monday 22 October, 2012
The company said the fact that people are living longer with chronic illnesses and the rising cost of public hospitals were the main factors contributing to the increase.
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# health-insurance - Tuesday 2 October, 2012
Three months before the risk equalisation scheme is due to come into effect, it remains unknown as to what impact it will have on private health insurance premiums.
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# health-insurance - Saturday 8 September, 2012
How much is Ireland’s stash of Paralympic medals worth? And how much does the ‘typical’ debs cost?
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# health-insurance - Friday 7 September, 2012
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock….
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The latest data from the Health Insurance Authority show that the numbers covered fell by 16,000 between March and June.
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# health-insurance - Wednesday 25 July, 2012
The proposal from the EU Commission said VHI’s state protection gave it an unfair advantage over its competitors.
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# health-insurance - Tuesday 3 July, 2012
As another company enters the Irish health insurance market, we’re asking: do you have insurance?
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# health-insurance - Monday 2 July, 2012
GloHealth is Ireland’s fourth health insurer.
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# health-insurance - Friday 25 May, 2012
The Health Insurance Authority has warned of a cycle of increased premiums causing more customers to cancel policies, resulting in premiums rising further.
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# health-insurance - Tuesday 15 May, 2012
The nine stories you need to know this morning, including: Greece definitely NOT leaving the eurozone (for now), Enda versus the protesters, and man bitten by snake in supermarket…
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Less than half of the Irish population now have private health insurance cover, the Minister confirmed in the Dáil last week.
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# health-insurance - Monday 14 May, 2012
The former Quinn Healthcare will create the positions over three years as part of a renewed investment.
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# health-insurance - Tuesday 1 May, 2012
The company is abandoning the name of Seán Quinn, its bankrupt former owner whose finances have been the subject of controversy.
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