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Labour Party promises free GP care

  • 09-02-2011 10:30pm
    #1
    rodento
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    Read about this in the Irish Times, anyone know if it'll be like the free hospital admission fees we have at present...

    Gotta love levee's

    Anyone know how they plan to pay for it

    :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:


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  • #2
    SafeSurfer
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    rodento wrote: »
    Read about this in the Irish Times, anyone know if it'll be like the free hospital admission fees we have at present...

    Gotta love levee's

    Anyone know how they plan to pay for it

    :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

    They plan to fund it by a tax on sarcasm smileys.

    Multo autem ad rem magis pertinet quallis tibi vide aris quam allis



  • #3
    Sulmac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,021 ✭✭✭Sulmac


    Have a read for yourself.

    Fine Gael have a similar policy, it's called 'universal health insurance'.


  • #4
    CoalBucket
    Closed Accounts Posts: 971 ✭✭✭CoalBucket


    This health plan originated in 2001 with the Labour party health strategy and it has remained Labour policy since. A revised document has been launched for GE11.

    Details on the policy can be found here


  • #5
    CoalBucket
    Closed Accounts Posts: 971 ✭✭✭CoalBucket


    Beat me to it Sulmac


  • #6
    goat2
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    rodento wrote: »
    Read about this in the Irish Times, anyone know if it'll be like the free hospital admission fees we have at present...

    Gotta love levee's

    Anyone know how they plan to pay for it

    :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
    i think it would be more sensible for them to bring down the price of gp visits, at the moment we pay between 40 or 50 euro for a consultation, i would have to be on my last legs to go to doctor because of these prices, say a 25 euro fee, and for them to help the doctors get cheaper insurance cover so that this can be offset, as i have heard that doctors themselves have big overheads and insurance premiums to pay to operate, so why not make it more afordable for doctors to be able to treat us patients cheaper


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  • #7
    P. Breathnach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,089 ✭✭✭✭P. Breathnach


    Sulmac wrote: »
    Have a read for yourself.

    Fine Gael have a similar policy, it's called 'universal health insurance'.

    The difference is that it is acceptable if it comes from a party on the political right.


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