Universal health care timetable ‘too ambitious’, admits Health Minister.

Varadkar admits the cost to families was a consideration in decision to delay implementation of the plan

The decision to push back the introduction of universal health insurance (UHI) was influenced by fear of imposing a fresh financial burden on families, Health Minister Leo Varadkar has admitted.

He said he had been given the crisis-hit Cabinet post in order to “aid the Government’s re-election”, and insisted he could not say when the flagship UHI insurance reform would now come in.