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<p>According to the HIA, only 26% of private health policy holders have ever switched policy and the average length someone stays with the same insurer is 15 years. Picture: iStock</p>

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Why is my health insurance so expensive... and do I really need it?

A 'perfect storm' in the health insurance market means cost hikes are set to continue

<p>OECD research dating back to 2004 shows that private health insurance is the single largest contributor to inequity of access to healthcare. Picture: Courtneyk/iStock</p>

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Letters to the Editor: Two-tier cancer care is inequitable

<p>Concerns were also raised around the way reform is being run with the HSE and Department of Health in charge, which one speaker described as expecting turkeys to vote for Christmas.</p>

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'I’d give Sláintecare four thus far': Healthcare reforms not happening fast enough

Politics of health a sick state of affairs

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Brother's evidence cannot be relied upon, claim defence lawyers

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Patients 'suffering in face of recruitment embargo'

Report says government ‘privatising’ health

THE Government has misled the public on how much it has spent on the health service, it has failed to meet healthcare promises made in the 2002 election and wants to waste taxpayers’ money on a private system, which will mean greater inequality.

Wed, 27 Jun, 2007

Person: Sara Burke

Why is my health insurance so expensive... and do I really need it?

Letters to the Editor: Two-tier cancer care is inequitable

'I’d give Sláintecare four thus far': Healthcare reforms not happening fast enough

Politics of health a sick state of affairs

Brother's evidence cannot be relied upon, claim defence lawyers

Patients 'suffering in face of recruitment embargo'

Report says government ‘privatising’ health

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Person: Sara Burke

Why is my health insurance so expensive... and do I really need it?

Letters to the Editor: Two-tier cancer care is inequitable

'I’d give Sláintecare four thus far': Healthcare reforms not happening fast enough

Politics of health a sick state of affairs

Brother's evidence cannot be relied upon, claim defence lawyers

Patients 'suffering in face of recruitment embargo'

Report says government ‘privatising’ health

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Mick Clifford

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