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V.H.I. 8% increase

Filan · 2010-01-05 17:31:09

at a tine when incomes are falling. Sad is the price of health insurance here. Is it possible to get insurance from a foreign company?

05-01-2010 5:31pm

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Filan

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at a tine when incomes are falling. Sad is the price of health insurance here. Is it possible to get insurance from a foreign company?

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#2 05-01-2010 9:24pm

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Quick answer no--all health insurers in Ireland must be licensed to operate in ROI Hence only 3 companies operate here, Quinn, Aviva Health & VHI.

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#3 10-01-2010 4:09pm

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I was on the plan b option with them last year and when my premium ended i noticed that they had increased it also by approx €120 so i shopped around and hibernian aviva give the same level of cover (Their Plan B version) for the same price as my vhi (before the increase) as far as i know that same level of cover is still available. but i agree with you about looking else where they are pure chancers.

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#4 10-01-2010 4:15pm

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My company is moving all of ours away from VHI at the next renewals

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#5 12-01-2010 10:50pm

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The saddest thing of all is that there isnt a great price differential between any of them.....competition has had only minimal benefit for consumers.

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