Minister Varadkar ‘acting like tout for private sector’

People Before Profit has accused Health Minister Leo Varadkar of acting like a “tout” for the private health insurance industry.

Minister Varadkar ‘acting like tout for private sector’

It claimed the a new loading that will be applied to anyone over the age of 34 taking out health insurance for the first time after April 30 was a scare tactic.

Richard Boyd Barrett said it was yet another measure that people on lower incomes could not possibly avail of due to the overwhelming burden of austerity.

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