Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We cannot have a situation where older people are abandoned and health insurers can present plans that are not suitable for older people.

Community rating and risk equalisation are a very important part of this for older people. Some 20,000 people reach 65 years of age every year.

The consultative forum set up by the Minister for Health to deal with this will report before Christmas and we will debate the report here. We will talk about retaining young people and young families, which are hard pressed in so many ways within the health system-----

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