Sinn Féin has pledged to provide free prescription medicines for all households if the party is elected to government.
At the publication of their health policy - 'A Prescription for Change' - the party promised the biggest expansion of medical cards in decades as part of a plan that has a €5.4 billion cost above the current health budget.
Sinn Féin is committing to deliver 5,000 hospital beds by 2031 and this includes replacing 1,000 unsafe beds.
The party said this would set the course to eliminate the use of hospital trolleys.
The policy document outlines plans to recruit 40,000 healthcare workers over five years.
The initiative would also task HIQA to recommend a location for a second emergency department in the midwest.
It would deliver four new elective public hospitals and regional surgical centres to tackle waiting lists.
Under the plan, 250 GPs would also be hired to work exclusively in the public health sector.
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said the party's plan is deliverable and that it is serious about healthcare.
She said Sinn Féin is arguing for smart government and ambitious investment "because we have the resources to now deliver the elective hospitals, to deliver on our staffing requirements".
The party's Spokesperson on Health said that the policy is the most comprehensive plan ever produced by any political party.
David Cullinane described it as a dramatic step towards a single tier universal healthcare system.
"We're abolishing prescription charges for everyone, free prescription medicines for all citizens, and a very very significant expansion of medical cards. Our home first model, our pharmacy first model, our 2,000 community beds and plans to revolutionise mental health services ... Its all about Sláintecare, its all about that commitment that when you need care you get care", Mr Cullinane said.
He criticised Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, saying they have had 100 years between them in and out of government, but "people's lived experience is that they can't get a GP quick enough, their loved ones are on hospital trolleys in emergency departments and a million people on some for of waiting list."
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Earlier, speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Mr Cullinane said that he had produced the plan following 150 meetings with thousands of people, such as patients and families, children waiting for care, health care professionals, experts and health care trade unions.
Mr Cullinane said that Sinn Féin would create public GP contracts as Ireland is an "outlier" in Europe, and the party will negotiate with the Irish Congress of General Practitioners what the contract would look like.
He said this would mean that 250 salary GPs would be recruited, and the plan will give young trainees a choice whether to be independent or not.
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He described access as the biggest challenge in the health system, and said that there was a need to put the capacity into the system.
"I don't want to normalise failure, and I don't want the scale of my ambition to be measured against the failure of this Government and 14 years of Fine Gael," he said.
Mr Cullinane said that he had met with the Department of Health and HSE to ensure the plan is costed, realistic and can be delivered.
"We can't tolerate and continue to tolerate a health service in perpetual crisis," he said.
Additional reporting Micheál Lehane
