Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 21 February 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children
Health Insurance Levy: Discussion
12:55 pm
Mr. Dermot Ryan:
I think the issue we discussed with the insurers was what was available in the market. We made a decision based on what was available to set the rates at 66% - somewhere above and somewhere below. We understand that a number of insurers have indicated that they will have policies which comply with the non-advanced category by 1 March. We were faced with a situation whereby the insurers wanted absolute clarity about what was covered and what was not covered - what was advanced and what was non-advanced - and that is what we agreed to do. We introduced that in legislation. While plans have fallen outside it, we regard that as a temporary situation.
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