No mercy shown to lone parents or ‘older and sicker’ VHI members

WHERE, one would have to wonder, did this flurry of ideological activity, with no mandate, come from?

Last Friday one of the strangest, and meanest, pieces of legislation I’ve ever seen was published. And the previous day, completely out of the blue, the privatisation of the VHI was announced.

Let’s have a look at the VHI first, and I suppose I’d better declare an interest. For the whole of my adult life I’ve been a VHI subscriber. I’ve always regarded it as a good investment for my family and as a way of contributing to the development of the health service.