Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

This is a tax on hard-pressed families that are already finding it extremely difficult to retain their private health insurance. The Government intends to move to universal health insurance in the next few years, but what will we have in the meantime? The Government and the health insurers are out-competing each other to inflate the cost of private health insurance for families.

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