Jerry Buttimer (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

One needs a week and a half to sit down and go through a tome of information. Long ago, when we pressed button B in public payphones, we got our money back. Now it is a question of reading the small print to the effect that if I get this, do I lose this and so on. Why can we not make it simple for people? We hear this every week in our offices from people who want health insurance and are concerned about affordability. This is driving us. We understand that the HIA has a job to do but from our perspective it is a question of the person who wants to have health insurance which will take the pressure off the State.