Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 28 November 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children
Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Discussion
11:00 am
Michael McNamara (Clare, Labour)
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All the insurers mentioned that there is no negotiation about the public beds - it is at a set rate. How does that compare with other European countries such as the UK and France? Is privately insured patients being treated in public facilities a uniquely Irish phenomenon?