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Mon 09 Sep 2008Older VHI clients could face major premium increase
OLDER VHI customers face having to pay at least triple their current health insurance premiums following the recent Supreme Court decision not to allow risk equalisation, it was reported yesterday.
Figures compiled by the VHI for the Department of Health indicate the price of a typical plan B insurance premium, if it were risk adjusted, could rise from a projected €745 a year to €2,625 for those aged 80 years and over.
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