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The Health Insurance Authority’s (HIA) annual report has revealed that the health insurance market remained in a strong position in 2022 and the number of people with health insurance in Ireland continued to rise including increasing numbers purchasing cover for the first time.

Carlow-Kilkenny Fianna Fáil TD John McGuinness has criticised the 40 per cent increase in the levy on health insurance policies, describing it as a direct attack on those already struggling to meet their financial commitments.

Labour General Election candidate Dr Jerry Cowley is calling on the Equality Authority to address what he has dubbed “the blatant discrimination” against older people by VHI who have raised their premium levels for older people.

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny has strongly criticised the announcement by the VHI to increase premiums this year by up to 45 per cent.

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.