# private health insurance

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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

# Coronavirus

People advised not to make changes to health insurance as Covid-19 deal is arranged with private hospitals

Private hospitals will act as part of the public health system for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic, but the exact details are yet to be confirmed.

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Mar 25th 2020, 1:34 PM

# Health

Concerns raised that private health insurance patients are being 'bullied' by hospitals

RTÉ’s This Week reported concerns around bullying of private health insurance holders.

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Jun 11th 2017, 6:06 PM

# 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

Voices

Damien Kiberd: Why we need to deliver an Irish version of the NHS

Two million Irish people pay for private health cover out of fear of our public system – but both are broken. Here’s what we COULD do…

Nov 17th 2013, 8:30 AM

# Health Insurance

Department of Health to increase cost of health insurance policies

The stamp duty for health insurance products providing ‘advanced’ cover will increase from €350 to €399 per adult and from €120 to €135 per child from 1 March

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Nov 12th 2013, 10:03 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

# VHI

Senior consultant: "€1,000-a-night to stay on a trolley in a public hospital"

Professor Michael O’Keefe has claimed private insurance companies are being charged for patients in public wards.

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May 16th 2013, 4:16 PM

# Health Insurance

Charging private patients for public beds will drive up premiums by 25% - report

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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May 13th 2013, 4:45 PM

# Consultants

HSE fails to submit €74 million worth of consultant claims

An Oireachtas report found that consultants were not signing off on claims and recommended that the HSE look at naming those holding up the collection of income.

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Mar 21st 2013, 6:43 PM

# Health Insurance

Laya healthcare to increase premiums in April amid 'healthcare crisis'

The managing director of the company, Dónal Clancy, said that Ireland’s healthcare market needed “radical reform”.

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Feb 23rd 2013, 1:48 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Do you have health insurance?

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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Jan 30th 2013, 8:54 AM

# HSE

€150 million to be paid by insurers to HSE 'by year end' - Reilly

The outstanding money is a result of private patients being treated in public beds.

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Nov 30th 2012, 4:49 PM

# Insurance

VHI prices set to rise next month

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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Oct 22nd 2012, 10:36 AM

# Health Insurance

Health insurance set to rise - but no-one knows by how much

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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Oct 2nd 2012, 3:46 PM