I consumatori irlandesi hanno avvertito di “prepararsi” per aumenti di assicurazione sanitaria “implacabile”

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Incredible, as if the health service couldn’t get any worse and just like that it has.

More hikes. It’s never ending.

Is it the shareholders demanding more return in their equity (again)

Well I, for one, am utterly flabbergasted 

Eventually they are going to make health insurance utterly unaffordable for the majority. What will they do then the gouging gits

Mine went up a lot last year , I worked out how much I had paid and how much it had benefited me.
And it was useless, I didn’t get access to better or faster access healthcare so I cancelled it.

I was basically treated in the public system so there’s no point in paying money for no difference.

Edit there’s nothing wrong with the public system in terms of quality it’s just the waiting times

I had to switch to a cheaper plan this year, my premium was going up by nearly €40 a month. Under 35, no underlying condition, rarely even have a GP visit during the year.

All providers have been cutting what they’ll actually cover for years now while raising excesses. Low and mid level plans are shite.

Being sick ain’t cheap!!

I got health insurance the last year before they were allowed age loading on policies because I panicked. After a few months my Mrs needed a scan for a suspected tumour so I called them up and it turned out they didn’t cover that particular scan. We went private and cancelled the policy.

I had a look through the policy and that of other providers and found it really difficult to see what exactly was covered. It seemed you’d need something to happen and then hope for the best. Way more complicated to figure out than phone or energy contracts, despite being obviously way more important.

My Mrs is Bulgarian so anytime we needed something checked or dental work we used to wait until we were visiting her folks to get it done. We’re living there now and we’re in the public health system but private healthcare is way cheaper when we want anything done quickly. That said, waiting lists for public healthcare are never too long.

I think in Ireland, if you’re in good health and on a limited budget you’re better off taking the risk of going private when you’re worried about something and need tests, and switching to the public system if you’ve a serious problem. Once you’re diagnosed you’ll get treatment as good as in private healthcare. You’ll probably be on a ward as opposed to a private room, but I’d actually prefer that.