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Thursday, 23 February 2017

Department of Health

Health Insurance Data

Photo of Michael McGrathMichael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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333. To ask the Minister for Health the number of health insurance policies offered in the market here as at December 2011, December 2012, December 2013, December 2014, December 2015 and December 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9332/17]

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The table below provides data received from the Health Insurance Authority regarding the number of inpatient health insurance policies available on the market for each end-year requested. This information is compiled in respect of the commercial health insurers.

DateNumber of plans
December 2011199
December 2012234
December 2013293
December 2014355
December 2015360
December 2016373

The Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 2016 sets out the circumstances when a health insurer can withdraw products from the market and ensures that members must be offered a replacement contract with the same level of benefits, subject to small differences in excess amounts. The number of products on the market as of today is 309.

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