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Frustration at alt. therapies being covered by basic Irish health insurance policies

  • 21-12-2020 10:55pm
    #1
    iptba
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,904 ✭✭✭


    I'm fortunate in having enough resources currently to be able to afford health insurance. It frustrates me that some of my premium is used to cover alternative therapies such as homeopathy, reflexology and Reiki.

    See image from the Irish Life Health manual.
    https://imgur.com/a/Ewa4aIf

    I know that the NHS has worked to remove such therapies from getting much NHS funding.

    I'm sure some people are happy with these therapies, but I think there should be different policies and premiums based on who do and don't want to be covered for them.

    I have changed providers in recent years, and at least one of the others also covered some alternative therapies, if I recall correctly. I can't remember what VHI covered, but they were more expensive.


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  • #2
    Wesser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,813 ✭✭✭Wesser


    Sadly also.... some policies have also dropped the 100day inpatient psychiatry cover. And substituted it with some crappy cardiac check. Severe mental health just doesn't matter to them.


  • #3
    Effects
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,760 ✭✭✭Effects


    It must be costing health insurance companies a fortune paying for all those homeopathic sucrose pills.


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