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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Levy: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Go ahead.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Levy: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Just ask questions, please.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Levy: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I apologise to the witnesses for the lack of members, but some of them are speaking in the Dáil or are dealing with constituency matters.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Levy: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Would it be possible to provide that information to the committee so that it can be distributed to members?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Levy: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Can insurers not charge per procedure in a public hospital?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Levy: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Does that mean that in terms of clinical auditing, insurers challenge the costs?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Levy: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: How robust is the questioning and challenging of the costs?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Levy: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: What happens if I am a patient in hospital and the hospital authorities decide to do an ECG, a stress test and something else and after a plethora of tests, the bill comes back at X amount and half the tests were not needed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Levy: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: My comment is not directed at Mr. O'Dwyer specifically.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Levy: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: My question was directed at all of the health providers rather than just the VHI.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Levy: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Mr. Clancy has just mentioned hotel-type cover. What would he change in that regard?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Levy: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: In fairness, the Minister is trying to address that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Levy: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: If we do all that and change the model in the way you are advocating, then what happens to the hospital?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Levy: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I want to bring in the other health insurance providers as well. I shall come back to that question again.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Levy: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: That is happening with the consultative forum.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Levy: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: Does that mean the implications are not understood at the moment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Levy: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: What was the authority's reason for refusing that request?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Levy: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: In the same vein, you said earlier - I trust I am quoting you correctly - that we are at the tipping point of unsustainability. Did you make that point to the HIA in the forum?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Levy: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: I ask the Senator to deal with the matter in hand, which is private health insurance.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Insurance Levy: Discussion (21 Feb 2013)
Jerry Buttimer: To whom is this question addressed?