Bupa never ignored the elderly

DURING the witch-hunt to drive Bupa from our shores, the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, came on national television to declare that Bupa showed no interest in providing health insurance cover for the elderly or half-crocks (as he described himself).

Bupa never ignored the elderly
Fri, 11 May, 2007 - 01:00
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He claimed Bupa was cherry-picking and only interested in the young and healthy, or the middle-aged.

Nothing could have been further from the truth (if it exists in Ireland anymore).

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