Court judgment due today on BUPA/VHI payment

THE Supreme Court will give judgement today on the appeal by BUPA against the High Court’s rejection of its challenge to the risk equalisation scheme (RES).

The appeal was heard by the court last November and it reserved judgement.

A temporary block on a requirement that new companies in the private health insurance market must make risk equalisation payments to the state-backed VHI has continued pending the Supreme Court decision.