Sinn Féin has proposed the elimination of the private healthcare system and its replacement with a free "universal" system.
In its new all-Ireland healthcare policy, the party has proposed the scrapping of current tax breaks for the construction of hospitals, and the phasing out of what it describes as the "subsidisation" of private patients by allowing private patients of public consultants access to public hospitals.
All new hospital consultants will be public-only under the party's plan.
The document, Healthcare in an Island of Equals, also includes the provision of medical cards for all under-18s until the full universal healthcare system is in place.
Funding for an additional 3,000 hospital beds is also included in the plan. The party has also proposed a single all-Ireland strategic health executive to create a unified healthcare system in Northern Ireland and the Republic.
The party also wants to enshrine "the right to healthcare in legislation" and make it fully enforceable in Irish courts.
The document also proposes the establishment of a health ombudsman to provide an alternative to taking court action in disputes over the right to healthcare.
The development of a network of primary care centres will also be a priority, the party has stated, while it has also promised to reverse cutbacks to local hospitals around the country.
Improved access to nursing home beds and community care facilities are also promised in the document.
However, the party was unable to provide detailed costings of the plan, or the length of time it will take to implement.
Launching the document yesterday, Dublin MEP Mary Lou McDonald said the party was also combining the proposals with a nationwide campaign beginning with what she described as "a national day of action" on May 13th.
She claimed that successive governments had "rejected the principle of health as a public service" and accused the Government of "subsidising the profits of private healthcare providers".