Varadkar set to rule out plan for Universal Health Insurance

Minister for Health Leo Varadkar is expected to tell the Cabinet this morning that previous plans for universal health insurance are too costly.

Minister Varadkar is set to inform Ministers of research, carried out by the ESRI and KPMG, that shows his predecessor's proposals would cost €650m a year - and that many would pay premiums of €2,228 for adults and €773 for children, without a subsidy.