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Tue 11 Nov 2008Harney pledges to keep cover affordable
THE GOVERNMENT is "considering measures" in the context of the forthcoming Finance Bill to keep health insurance affordable for older people, Minister for Health Mary Harney has confirmed.
However, she refused to be drawn yesterday on the detail of these measures after it was reported that older people may be given larger tax breaks on their health insurance premiums in the Bill following the recent Supreme Court decision not to allow risk equalisation.
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