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Medical cost increases

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Consumer Association lashes out at medical price hike

The Consumer Association chairman Michael Kilcoyne has come out in opposition to the Taoiseach’s defence of the new medical bill increases.

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The Minister for Health is coming under fire for increasing the threshold of the drug payment scheme by 22%.

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