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The Health Insurance Authority (HIA) is today publishing the recommendations that it provided to the Minister for Health on the risk equalisation credits and stamp duty for the 2023/24 period.  The HIA has recommended no change in the level of HUC credits or in the parameters (threshold and cost share) for the high cost claims pool (“HCCP”), and a reduction in some of the levels of age credits for some age groups.  As this will be the first year that the full impact of the HCCP will be...

Vhi Healthcare will have 3 price changes on the following plans: 

PMI 01 10, PMI 31 12 and PMI 49 10. 

Full price details can be found in the excel spreadsheet below. 

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Laya Healthcare have announced the following price and benefit changes as of 01.11.2022

Laya will end the free child offer on Essential Connect Health. 
 

SimplyHealth Plus 500 has been renamed to ‘SimplyHealth Extra’ and will have the following
changes:
 

• Daycase excess for Private and Hi Tech Hospitals will reduce to €75 per claim
• Inpatient excess for Private Hospitals (...

Vhi Healthcare have announced the following changes as of 01.11.2022: 

PMI 32 12 will reduce in price from €1485.36 to €1451.65 per adult and from €428.43 to €417.86 per child. 

Young Adult rates will also reduce on this plan. 

Vhi Healthcare have also announced the following benefit changes: 

Mental Health Benefit Changes

Inclusion of Psychologist / Counsellor / Psychotherapist benefit - values range from €30 x 12 visits...