Big rise in numbers buying health insurance

The number of people securing health insurance increased by 30,000 in the past year, it has emerged.

Big rise in numbers buying health insurance
Sun, 28 May, 2017 - 01:00
Evelyn Ring

Latest figures from the Health Insurance Authority show 2.15m people have health insurance — 46% of the population.

The market is still below the 2008 peak when 51% of the population had private cover.

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