GP card move a mad move. We need universal healthcare system
You’re giving a GP cards to 240,000 children under six whether they’re rich or poor, sick or healthy. And you’re taking their full medical card off perhaps one in 10 over-70s.
And you’re going after those who are already sick and on medical cards by increasing the prescription charge by a euro to €2.50, a five-fold increase since the charge was introduced three years ago.
