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

Photo of Michael McNamaraMichael 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?