Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy seems to be implying that there should be a change in Government policy, which would abandon older people to be manipulated by health insurance companies because they, naturally, might well have higher costs in terms of their medical requirements and the treatment they need. The clear objective of the Minister for Health is to reform the health service to deliver a single tier service in a way that allows for older people to be charged the same rate for the same policy as people who are much younger. That is community rating delivered through risk equalisation. If the Deputy is advocating a change in that, let him say so.

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