Dáil debates

Tuesday, 10 December 2019

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages

 

7:45 pm

Photo of Mattie McGrathMattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I support Deputy Naughten. I also am concerned that a particular insurance company would sell these policies. People are presenting at a hospital and they are not being covered. We have the same situation in South Tipperary General Hospital as that in Roscommon. It may be unintended but there are all kinds of issues around insurance. Surveys have shown that only 22% of people ever change their insurance provider and only 20% of people with health insurance said that they regularly shop around. There is a lucrative market out there. It should be a case of buyer beware but they are not getting fair play and they are not getting proper upfront information. It is a worse situation when they are on a policy, end up in hospital and find they have no cover. Something needs to be done to change that because it is not fair on people. They are unsuspecting. They think they have a policy and they trust the insurer but they cannot trust them.

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