# health-insurance - Thursday 28 March, 2013
# Health Insurance
# Health Insurance
The insurance company paid out €4.1 million in medical and hospital cases, and €330,000 in maternity claims.
# health-insurance - Tuesday 26 March, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
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.
# health-insurance - Sunday 24 March, 2013
# IMO
# IMO
The former chief executive of the Irish Medical Organisation departs with a €10 million pension which has been halved following negotiations.
# health-insurance - Wednesday 20 March, 2013
# Health Insurance
# Health Insurance
In a speech today Reilly said the insurance provider targets younger, more profitable customers rather than the more expensive, older customer”.
# health-insurance - Tuesday 19 March, 2013
# Health Insurance
# Health Insurance
In 2012, 64,000 people dropped their health cover.
# health-insurance - Monday 4 March, 2013
# Health Insurance
# Health Insurance
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.
# health-insurance - Saturday 2 March, 2013
# Health Insurance
# Health Insurance
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.
# health-insurance - Tuesday 26 February, 2013
# Health Insurance
# Health Insurance
The company said it has minimised increases on all plans and there are no increases on many of our entry level plans.
# health-insurance - Saturday 23 February, 2013
# Health Insurance
# Health Insurance
The managing director of the company, Dónal Clancy, said that Ireland’s healthcare market needed “radical reform”.
# health-insurance - Wednesday 20 February, 2013
# Health Insurance
# Health Insurance
The scheme came into effect on 1 January 2013.
# health-insurance - Wednesday 13 February, 2013
# Finance Bill
# Finance Bill
Much of the Bill gives effect to measures announced in Budget 2013 – but there are also some new parts.
# health-insurance - Wednesday 30 January, 2013
# Health Insurance
# Health Insurance
Premium costs will rise from next month.
# Your Say
# Your Say
VHI is reported to be announcing another price increase today as the number of those with private healthcare falls. Do you have health insurance?
# health-insurance - Tuesday 4 December, 2012
# Oireachtas Agenda
# Oireachtas Agenda
This evening James Reilly will lead Dáil statements on the report of the Expert Group into the A, B and C ruling.
# health-insurance - Friday 16 November, 2012
# Healthcare
# Healthcare
James Reilly unveils a programme of ambitious reform in the health sector – saying he’ll need two terms to totally finish it up.
# health-insurance - Thursday 25 October, 2012
# Health Insurance
# Health Insurance
Representatives from all four health insurers told an Oireachtas committee it could help to save a struggling industry.
# health-insurance - Monday 22 October, 2012
# Insurance
# Insurance
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.
# health-insurance - Tuesday 2 October, 2012
# Health Insurance
# Health Insurance
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.
# health-insurance - Saturday 8 September, 2012
# Prime Numbers
From The Daily Edge
# Prime Numbers
How much is Ireland’s stash of Paralympic medals worth? And how much does the ‘typical’ debs cost?
# health-insurance - Friday 7 September, 2012
# Take 5
# Take 5
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock….
# Insurance
# Insurance
The latest data from the Health Insurance Authority show that the numbers covered fell by 16,000 between March and June.
# health-insurance - Wednesday 25 July, 2012
# VHI
# VHI
The proposal from the EU Commission said VHI’s state protection gave it an unfair advantage over its competitors.
# health-insurance - Tuesday 3 July, 2012
# Your Say
# Your Say
As another company enters the Irish health insurance market, we’re asking: do you have insurance?
# health-insurance - Monday 2 July, 2012
# Competition
# Competition
GloHealth is Ireland’s fourth health insurer.
# health-insurance - Friday 25 May, 2012
# Health Insurance
# 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.
# health-insurance - Tuesday 15 May, 2012
# 9 At 9
# 9 At 9
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…
# Health Insurance
# Health Insurance
Less than half of the Irish population now have private health insurance cover, the Minister confirmed in the Dáil last week.
# health-insurance - Monday 14 May, 2012
# Jobswatch
# Jobswatch
The former Quinn Healthcare will create the positions over three years as part of a renewed investment.
# health-insurance - Tuesday 1 May, 2012
# Insurance
# Insurance
The company is abandoning the name of Seán Quinn, its bankrupt former owner whose finances have been the subject of controversy.
# health-insurance - Monday 26 March, 2012
# United States
# United States
A ruling is not expected until June – at which point Obama will be knees-deep in a bitter re-election campaign.
# health-insurance - Wednesday 21 March, 2012
# VHI
# VHI
The health insurer’s profits compare to after-tax losses of €3.1 million in 2010 and €41.7 million in 2009.
# health-insurance - Saturday 3 March, 2012
# In Numbers
# In Numbers
Some people retiring, some people quitting, others starting new jobs, and some getting through an awful lot of printer ink…
# USA
# USA
Rush Limbaugh said a law student who called for contraception to be state-funded was a “slut” and a “prostitute”.
# health-insurance - Wednesday 29 February, 2012
# Health Insurance
# Health Insurance
New figures from the Health Insurance Authority show that 47 per cent of the population are covered by inpatient health insurance.
# health-insurance - Friday 24 February, 2012
# Daily Fix
# Daily Fix
Your nightly news round-up…
# Health
# Health
The scheme will transform Ireland’s healthcare into a “single-tier” system, the Department of Health said.
# health-insurance - Friday 3 February, 2012
# Health
# Health
More bad news for already-stretched household budgets as insurance costs have now risen by up to 65 per cent in the past 13 months.
# health-insurance - Tuesday 24 January, 2012
# Take 5
# Take 5
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
# Quinn
# Quinn
The insurer said prices across its schemes will rise by six per cent from March.
# health-insurance - Sunday 22 January, 2012
# Health Insurance
# Health Insurance
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.
Colder with rain
Max: 4 °C
Min: 1 °C
Clouds and sun with a shower; chilly
Max: 5 °C
Min: 0 °C
Chilly with periods of clouds and sun
Max: 4 °C
Min: -2 °C
