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What advantages are there of being treated as a private inpatient patient in a public hospital?

kangaroo · 2021-11-26 02:06:34

I was hoping this article would help me, but I’m none the wiser HSE cannot make patients liable until they state wish to be treated privately, court finds Laya said it received complaints from policyholders of being pressured by hospitals to sign waiver…

26-11-2021 03:06AM

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I was hoping this article would help me, but I’m none the wiser

HSE cannot make patients liable until they state wish to be treated privately, court finds
Laya said it received complaints from policyholders of being pressured by hospitals to sign waiver
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/hse-cannot-make-patients-liable-until-they-state-wish-to-be-treated-privately-court-finds-1.4739017

I have a long-term chronic illness which has left me unable to work, so I don’t have much money. I have managed to maintain holding private health insurance.

I’m confused as to what, if anything, extra is given for being treated as a private patient in a public hospital as an inpatient. I remember hearing suggestions in recent years that there might be no difference whatsoever in some circumstances. If that is the case, I wouldn’t wish to declare as a private patient as perhaps there might be an excess I had to pay.

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