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Sw*ftcare cover for children

  • 21-09-2013 10:02am
    #1
    tuisginideach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,101 ✭✭✭


    Small fracture in hand has just been diagnosed in Sw*ftcare for my child. I pay a VHI premium for him which (I understood) covered him for 2 visits to Sw*ftcare but I have just paid another €145 there for him- xrays etc. I feel completely ripped off!

    Am I right in thinking that if I had gone to Tallaght/Crumlin, I'd only have paid the €100 A&E charge?

    (I do accept I could have been sitting there all day ...)


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  • #2
    oleras
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,725 ✭✭✭oleras


    Would that have been the policy excess ?

    Referral from your GP would have been free, but what price would you pay to avoid 6-8 hours with the unwashed masses in A&E ?


  • #3
    Hersheys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,308 ✭✭✭Hersheys


    tuisginideach wrote: »
    Small fracture in hand has just been diagnosed in Sw*ftcare for my child. I pay a VHI premium for him which (I understood) covered him for 2 visits to Sw*ftcare but I have just paid another €145 there for him- xrays etc. I feel completely ripped off!

    Am I right in thinking that if I had gone to Tallaght/Crumlin, I'd only have paid the €100 A&E charge?

    (I do accept I could have been sitting there all day ...)

    I looked this up the other day for something similar. My policy (historically) covered two visits to the sw*ftcare however when I looked up the policy (en route to a&e!) it had been reduced to €75 cover. Which means you pay €50 to be seen and €95 for the xray.

    Had you gone to a&e, yes. €100 max but you could have been there hours.

    Hope the little one is ok!


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