Catherine Shanahan: Crisis will level the playing field in terms of healthcare access

In a move heretofore unimaginable, patients will finally be treated based on need, and not ability to pay, writes Catherine Shanahan

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar during the launch of a public information booklet on coronavirus. The virus has, in the blink of an eye, done what successive ministers failed to do and created a single-tier health system, albeit temporarily. Picture: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times/PA