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The decision by VHI to hike premium levels by up to 45 per cent in some instances means that hard-pressed families with private VHI Healthcare are facing a massive €331 hike in fees to keep parents-and-children cover.

A local city councillor has warned that the massive hike in VHI premiums will result in more people reducing or dropping their private health insurance which will put additional pressure on the already overburdened public healthcare system.

Following a conference in Dublin on, 'Financing Universal Healthcare in Ireland’ Cllr Kathleen Funchion reaffirmed Sinn Féin’s demand for a single-tier universal healthcare system funded from fair and progressive general taxation.