CONSUMERS can save money on private health cover on the website of the Health Insurance Authority (HIA), according to the organisation.

People are for the first time quoting job losses as a reason for cancelling their health insurance policies.

FAMILIES facing spiralling health insurance costs could cut the price of the service significantly through a rarely mentioned loophole in the system, it has been claimed.

IRELAND’S largest private health insurer has warned that up to 200,000 people will quit their policies by the end of next year as a direct result of the crippling economic downturn, forcing a sharp rise in premium prices.

CONSUMERS with private health insurance are the focus of a new information campaign from today about their legal right to switch insurers without being penalised.