Card holders ‘happy with health system’

Medical card holders are more likely to consider the healthcare system fit for purpose, a survey has revealed.

However, people who paid for their prescriptions and GP visits felt let down by the system, the survey conducted by the Irish Pharmacy Union found.

Other findings showed that almost a quarter of medical card holders visited their GP in the last week while just 14% of people with private health insurance and 4% of those who had neither a medical card nor insurance visited their GP over the same period.