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VHI

Wednesday 30th January

VHI customers are about to be hit with their fourth price increase in fourteen months and their fifth in two years. This time it’s going to be 6%. So what exactly are the VHI up to and what does this mean for customers who were only just about hanging onto their health insurance before the price hike. Pat was joined on the line by Dermot Goode who heads up the healthcare division of Cornmarket Financial Services.

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Today with Pat Kenny, Wednesday, 6th March 2013

Wednesday 6th March

The mid-morning current affairs magazine with the stories of the day, sharp analysis, in-depth features and consumer interest

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Health Insurance Increases

Wednesday 6th March

After increases in prices last October and again in January, health insurance members can look forward to another round of hikes which have just been announced. VHI are increasing their rates by up to 8.5%, Laya by as much as 16.4% and Aviva up to 6.4%. But, according to my next guest, there are still options out there for consumers looking to reduce costs. I’m joined by Dermot Goode of healthinsurancesavings.ie

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/today-with-pat-kenny/programmes/2013/0306/374387-today-with-pat-kenny-wednesday-6th-march-2013/?clipid=1022075

Health Insurers

Thursday 16th May

It’s been claimed by a senior consultant that private health insurance premiums are climbing rapidly because the VHI and other insurance companies are paying the costs of private patients in public hospitals. Professor Michael O’Keefe, a consultant ophthalmologist at the Mater Hospital, says it is a “scandal” that the private patients are funding the public system when many of them have to lie on trollies and chairs in mixed wards. Professor Michael O’Keefe spoke to Pat this morning and John O'Dwyer, the CEO of the VHI.

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