McCreevy threatens court action over equalisation

EUROPEAN Commissioner Charlie McCreevy is threatening to take the Government to court over the favourable conditions it allows the VHI to operate to the detriment of BUPA.

This is the second time Mr McCreevy in his role as Internal Market Commissioner has warned the Government over the rules applying to the health insurance companies in Ireland.

The move comes just two weeks after the High Court rejected BUPA’s legal challenge to being forced to make patient equalisation payments to the VHI.