30,000 cancelled health cover in last 12 months

Around 30,000 people have cancelled their health insurance cover over the past 12 months.

Latest market figures compiled by the Health Insurance Authority show 2,018,000 people had health insurance plans last September, compared to 2,046,525 during the same month in 2013.

The market peaked at almost 2.3m at the end of 2008, with the number of insurance holders falling every year since then.