Medical charges - Fee disparity alarming

The National Consumer Agency has released the finding of a study comparing prices of 251 doctors and dentists in 11 urban centres. The findings are a disgrace.

Matters of medical health are not luxuries; they are essentials of life. The differential in prices around the country is alarming.

The code of conduct of the Dental Council of Ireland stipulates that “a list of private fees should be prominently displayed in dental practices,” but 68% of the dentists surveyed did not display their prices. Half of the doctors did not display their prices.