Union calls for re-think on health insurance plan

A trade union representing 30,000 health workers has warned the Government’s proposed health insurance system will a place a “universal financial burden on families with no guarantee of universal access to healthcare”.

Union calls for re-think on health insurance plan

Impact has called for a re-think of Health Minister James Reilly’s universal health insurance (UHI) plan, as it carries inherent, financial uncertainties which, it claims, could put critical services at risk.

Impact’s national secretary, Louise O’Donnell, criticised the funding model outlined in the draft paper discussed at the cabinet health sub- committee earlier this week.

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