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Thu 11 Nov 2008Lenihan told of medical card 'risks'
MINISTER FOR Finance Brian Lenihan and Department of Health officials were warned that there were "significant risks" attached to the move to abolish the automatic entitlement to a medical card for over-70s in the days prior to the Budget.
Records released yesterday through the Freedom of Information Act show that senior officials in the Department of Finance warned Mr Lenihan and counterparts in the Department of Health of numerous concerns over the move prior to last month's Budget.
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