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Health insurance averages to go up - what you can do

The average cost for health insurance has gone up €480 in the past two years. Insurers are saying...

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12.58 11 Jun 2025


Health insurance averages to go up - what you can do


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12.58 11 Jun 2025


The average cost for health insurance has gone up €480 in the past two years.

Insurers are saying it's down to an increase in medical claims, the higher costs of medicine and a big increase in people having procedures done in private hospitals.

So, is there anything we can actually do about it?

Andrea is joined by Dermot Goode, Health Insurance expert with Totalhealthcover.ie to discuss.


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