Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)

On promised legislation, a Bill to provide for the introduction of a permanent risk equalisation scheme which will provide support for the higher cost of health insurance claims by older people, is to be implemented by January 2013. Have the heads of the Bill been discussed in Cabinet? To what extent has the legislation been progressed and to what extent, if any, have the insurance providers in the health insurance sector been involved in discussions to date?

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