Yesterday, VHI announced a third increase in health insurance premiums in less than 12 months. It will kick in from March. These three increases over the past year will see many families paying more than €500 extra per year in insurance bills. It seems for many people that there is no end to the rip-off and price hikes. It is not just health insurance. It is energy bills, rent, groceries, motor fuel and childcare. Households are being hammered non-stop, yet Government sits back and does nothing to stop the rip-off. There is something the Tánaiste could do on health insurance costs. The Government has real leverage to tackle to the insurance companies and get a break for customers. Private healthcare relies completely on the public system. Private health insurance is supported by generous tax subsidies of up to €400 million every year. The Government needs to grow a backbone and use the leverage it has. Will the Tánaiste call in the top brass of these insurance companies and private hospitals to demand they stop ripping people off?

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How many people have health insurance? The costs are going up. People have it because of-----

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That is not the reality.

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