# Health Insurance Authority

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# squeezed students

'I'm not sure my friends can afford it': International students face hike in health insurance costs

There has been no clarity from immigration authorities about when rules will be enforced.

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Oct 10th 2020, 12:10 AM

# The briefcase

Here's everything you need to know about business this week

Everyone was talking about Ryanair’s U-turn, trains and automobiles, and the city-country divide.

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Mar 22nd 2015, 8:35 AM

# off their trolleys

Are new health insurance rules 'insane'? Here's what we learned today...

The head of the private health insurance regulator made some alarming comments this morning.

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Mar 18th 2015, 3:57 PM

# down down down

Almost 50,000 people dropped their health insurance in the last year

The number of people with cover has been reducing year on year since the end of 2008.

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Jun 3rd 2014, 2:21 PM

# Commitment

Reilly: Everyone will have free GP care by 2016, IMO: There’s no hope of that

Reilly also said that he will legislate in the new year to crackdown on private health insurance providers offering plans which exclude treatment at certain hospitals.

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Nov 2nd 2013, 3:07 PM

# Health Insurance

Another 21,000 people stopped their private health insurance in Q1

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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May 24th 2013, 8:29 PM

# Health Insurance

Numbers with private health insurance fall by 64,000 in 2012

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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Mar 4th 2013, 12:56 PM

# Insurance

Health insurance: Numbers covered fell again in second quarter

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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Sep 7th 2012, 10:44 AM

# Competition

New health insurer to create jobs and competition

GloHealth is Ireland’s fourth health insurer.

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Jul 2nd 2012, 2:11 PM

# Health Insurance

HIA: 1,000 people a week dropping health insurance

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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May 25th 2012, 9:30 AM

# Health Insurance

Less than half of Irish population have health insurance cover

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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Feb 29th 2012, 2:20 PM