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Maeve Sheehan: Wards face closure as the HSE swings in wind of change
LIKE many utopian ideals, James Reilly’s vision for the health service has been strong on rhetoric and short on forensic detail. Before becoming Minister for Health he talked about a world where, under...
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Another fine medical card mess: James Reilly caves on cull
HEALTH Minister James Reilly has been forced to dramatically scale back his planned cull of medical cards – leaving another funding black hole of more than €40m, the Sunday Independent can reveal. The...
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Chris Goodey asks How much longer long does the Minister have to remain in...
In a recent survey, conducted by the National Association of General Practitioners (NAGP), we found that only 3 per cent of all GPs would definitely be willing to sign up for the enormous increase in...
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Minister James Reilly writes in Times that universal health care will be...
The forthcoming White Paper on UHI will contain a comprehensive set of proposals on how we can deliver such a system with robust cost control. It would clearly not be acceptable for UHI to be more...
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Times editorial: A government divided over critical reforms on health...
A system of universal health insurance (UHI), where medical need will ensure access to early medical care, was one of the major reforms promised by the Government and Minister for Health James Reilly....
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Reilly proposes mandatory basic health cover
People who refuse to purchase mandatory cover for a basic package of health benefits would have the costs deducted from their earnings or benefits under confidential Government proposals for its new...
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Reilly’s proposals would radically change the Irish healthcare system
Dr Reilly’s proposals would permit people to take out supplementary health insurance to cover items not included in the standard package. This would include private rooms in hospitals. However, for the...
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Ireland cannot afford current healthcare system – Reilly
Ireland’s current healthcare system is unaffordable according to Minister for Health James Reilly who has warned that continuing with it will mean increased taxes and fewer services. Dr Reilly and...
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Noonan “distinctly unhappy” with Reilly’s universal healthcare white paper
One senior Cabinet minister, speaking to the Sunday Independent, said: “You can be utterly clear that it was strongly advocated in some quarters that the UHI document was not a White Paper.” “Labour is...
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Sara Burke: Last minute conversion on medical card issue is just too late to...
The bottom line is that people are losing their discretionary medical cards because it has centralised and streamlined the discretionary process. And after six years of austerity cuts to the health...
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