Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 February 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children

Health Insurance Levy: Discussion

12:15 pm

Mr. John O'Dwyer:

I want to be very clear about what we are talking about regarding effectiveness and non-effectiveness. I gave an example in our presentation of where a company is €1,000 better off if it has a 35-year-old on its books as opposed to a person in the older age cohort to which I referred. When the incentive in this regard does not exist, we will stop talking about effectiveness. However, we must not allow that huge gap to continue to exist. That is our issue.

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