Medical card cost report ‘suppressed’ by Government

THE Department of Health was unable to say yesterday when it will publish a report examining the huge costs of extending the medical card to everybody over 70.

Medical card cost report ‘suppressed’ by Government

The Deloitte Touche report was completed over a year ago but has not yet been released by the Government.

Commissioned by then Health Minister Micheál Martin, it examined the decision to provide medical cards to everybody over the age of 70, irrespective of means.

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