Subscriber OnlyLetters

No panacea for health insurance costs

I can neither afford the 28 per cent increase in my quote nor the cost of a broker

Letters to the Editor. Illustration: Paul Scott
The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.
Tue Mar 31 2026 - 06:00 • 1 MIN READ

Sir,– Chris Coggins (Letters, 30th March) suggests the panacea for bewildering health insurance is the use of a broker. I can neither afford the 28 per cent increase in my quote nor the cost of a broker.

It seems therefore I’ll have no choice but to cough up and, like Oscar Wilde, I shall have to die beyond my means. – Yours, etc,

MICHAEL KEEGAN,

Booterstown,

READ MORE

Women are now being commanded to ‘lift heavy’ in the gym by algorithms

My neighbour has been cultivating land they don’t own. What can be done?

Five night stay for under €800 and the joy of a chipper: 18 ways to holiday cheaply in Ireland

CMAT at St Anne’s Park review: Five-star performance by a pop star at the top of her game

Co Dublin.