# vhi - Thursday 16 May, 2013
Professor Michael O’Keefe has claimed private insurance companies are being charged for patients in public wards.
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# vhi - Saturday 4 May, 2013
In one month alone, 45 patients turned up with injuries from bouncing – most of whom were under 10 years of ago.
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# vhi - 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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# vhi - 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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# vhi - 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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# vhi - 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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# vhi - 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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# vhi - 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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# vhi - Wednesday 30 January, 2013
5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock.
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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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# vhi - Tuesday 25 December, 2012
Coughs, colds, trips and falls are the most common injuries and illnesses around Christmas. Watch yourselves.
# vhi - 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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# vhi - 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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# vhi - Wednesday 25 July, 2012
The proposal from the EU Commission said VHI ’s state protection gave it an unfair advantage over its competitors.
# vhi - Thursday 28 June, 2012
The public expenditure minister tells the Dáil that lower-paid public servants will not have their increments cut.
# vhi - Wednesday 21 March, 2012
Your essential news round-up, including the day’s biggest stories plus a few bits and pieces you may have missed along the way.
From Business ETC VHI
The health insurer’s profits compare to after-tax losses of €3.1 million in 2010 and €41.7 million in 2009.
# vhi - Wednesday 29 February, 2012
New figures from the Health Insurance Authority show that 47 per cent of the population are covered by inpatient health insurance.
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# vhi - Monday 27 February, 2012
All the day’s main news as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed in one handy round-up…
Ireland will now have to engage with the EC on issues relating to the regulation of VHI .
# vhi - Tuesday 24 January, 2012
The insurer said prices across its schemes will rise by six per cent from March.
# vhi - Sunday 22 January, 2012
The Minister for Health should reverse a “dangerous” policy which is pricing people out of the health insurance market, a Fianna Fáil TD has said.
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# vhi - Wednesday 4 January, 2012
The government’s levy on health insurance has been raised by €80 for adults – but VHI and Aviva will not pass on the increase.
# vhi - Thursday 22 December, 2011
Today we’re asking if the increases in health insurance premiums will discourage you from renewing your coverage next year.
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# vhi - Monday 5 December, 2011
A numerical breakdown of where the government has cut €2.2 billion in spending,
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Minister Howlin said the govt would seek to save €143m by improving “the generation and collection of private income in public hospitals”.
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# vhi - Friday 4 November, 2011
According to figures obtained by the Medical Independent, the VHI owes more money to the HSE in unpaid hospital charges than any other insurer.
# vhi - Thursday 18 August, 2011
Thousands of Irish people are suffering from undiagnosed diabetes, according to the results of a VHI Healthcare screening project.
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# vhi - Friday 29 July, 2011
The health insurer will increase its premiums for the second time this year, with its Level 2 plan now costing over €1,000.
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# vhi - Friday 6 May, 2011
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
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From Business ETC VHI
The State’s largest health insurer says its chief executive, Jimmy Tolan, will quit in six months to return to the private sector.
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# vhi - Thursday 14 April, 2011
From Business ETC VHI
VHI has released it annual report – showing that its losses narrowed by a massive €3.16 million in 2010.
# vhi - Sunday 27 March, 2011
Catch up on the day’s main news, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed earlier.
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The €90m Cork Medical Centre – which never fully opened after the VHI refused to offer cover – will enter liquidation this week.
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# vhi - Friday 11 March, 2011
More and more people seeking to improve their medical knowledge by going online.
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# vhi - Friday 25 February, 2011
Milliman’s report into VHI ’s cost control, and how it can streamline its operations, is published in redacted form.
# vhi - Wednesday 23 February, 2011
The Cork Medical Centre, which hasn’t even opened to patients yet, hasn’t reached a health insurance deal with VHI .
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# vhi - Sunday 9 January, 2011
From Business ETC VHI
The changes to corporate premiums are expected to take place in March.
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# vhi - Friday 7 January, 2011
Dead birds, dead sick, dead lucky – the highlights of the week in pictures.
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