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Medical Card vs Private Insurance

  • 15-07-2010 12:23pm
    #1
    Highnoon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 132 ✭✭


    Was hoping to get advice on Medical Cards vs Private Health Insurance. Paranoid to drop the insurance as there are young children in the family but was hoping someone could advise. Are there any benefits to holding onto the insurance if the Medical Card becomes available? Does holding the card really make the insurance pointless?


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  • #2
    Spook_ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,896 ✭✭✭✭Spook_ie


    In the case of an emergency, everyone is treated the same in the A&E department, where private insurance comes into its own is if you need elective procedures done as these lists are shorter than public ones. Personally if you can possibly afford it you should hang onto your private insurance for the time being anyway..............


  • #3
    Highnoon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 132 ✭✭Highnoon


    Thanks for that. Will have to give it some thought but don't think I can afford to keep it.


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