Dr. Donal de Buitléir:

For example, if the public had confidence in a high-performing public system, my guess as outlined in the appendix of the report is that the market for private health insurance might decline. We are a complete outlier where 50% of people think they have to have private health insurance, some of which is for non-advanced plans that only apply in a public hospital. That market would decline. An international benchmark of about 15% would be typical. We can get a high-performing public system with the Sláintecare programme and the private system can go off and supplement that or compete with it.