Its too dear. Simple as that

I’m a fit healthy 30yo, iv only used my private health care once and that was 5 years ago when I broke my arm AND it was when I was living in the UK using my BUPA uk!
I came home s few months later and moved to VHI cos BUPA had pulled out! In that time iv never used it yet my fees went up from €45pm to €82!!! How can I be expected to afford that? Especially when the service here is far inferior to that given to private healthcare in the uk!
Sorry but purse strings are way too tight for the greed and inefficiency of Irish healthcare!

I fully expect this trend to continue, it’s disgraceful how excessive these regular price increases are. What’s also shocking is the fact that a private room in our local hospital, WRH cost over €1000 per night in the maternity wards, mind you, the do throw in for freethe blood on the walls and shower of the ensuite bathrooms. We’ve three kids, all born in WRH over a period of 11 years and nothing has changed during that time.

The fact that these insurance companies are just handing over payments for these fees is bloody shocking, consultants charging hundreds of euros for sometimes 5 mins of a consultation.

why on earth should anyone fork out for private health insurance. thats what prsi is for. yet we remove the requirement for our system to improve by relying on going private, which in turn exploits the living daylights out of ordinary people who are so afraid of becoming ill because what public health offers can prove so inept.

Very expensive. Open up the market to more competition. Competition is the only thing that makes any product or service cheaper.

Is it a wonder its continually rising does not take a rocket scientist to work that out..

It pains me seeing the direct debit leave the account each month but there’s no doubt about it, it’s a must.

We have a public system, it functions (just about) but it gets the job done & if you have an ailment, drop into your local A & E, make no plans for the next 2-3 days & eventually you’ll get seen. The difference with private is going to Blackrock or the Beacon, having a room, seeing whatever specialist you need from the outset (eg cardiologist) & having privacy, sufficient level of tests & examinations & ultimately finding an answer. In the public system you’ve to wait weeks or months for OPD appointments but in private they call you and ask what time suits you.

I have done the public system. It’s awful. The staff are great for the most part but they’re so stretched & overworked that you feel guilty asking them for help. I’m now fully private & it’s like the difference between a 2 star hostel on Capel St versus the K Club! Health insurance is only useful when you’re sick but by God is it useful then!!!!

Why on earth would anyone pay private medical in this country? You get treated by the same doctors and nurses in the same hospitals in the UK they have their own hospitals that are more like 5* hotels with their own treatment facilities for radiotherepy cat scans mri etc so that is you are unlucky enough to suffer from major life threatening illnesses you can be treated locally and not trek half way across the country every week or month to stay alive. You also don’t get robbed for extra fees either. Its just a racket here to try and make people pay twice for the same level of service.

Wonder why???? Duh

We are seriously wondering why we need it anymore. I had a lot of outpatient appointments last year with tests etc, expecting to be able to put in a claim at end of year as I thought I was way over my excess. But no, they wouldnt process claim, I need to contact AVIVA as to why as their reasoning makes no sense! I dint understand why we pay so much but get nothing back!? am afraid to get rid of it but it’s just a financial burden now.