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The Society has today issued a press release on Ireland's Risk Equalisation system following its healthcare seminar today which brought together international and domestic experts to discuss how cross subsidies in the health insurance market can be modified in the future.

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The Society made a submission to the recent Health Insurance Authority consultation on Lifetime Community Rating, and has issued a press release which highlights the key finding in the submission.  

The growth in ‘Average Private Health Insurance Premiums’ in Ireland has consistently outstripped economic growth over time and is expected to continue to be in excess of economic growth in the future.  This is one of the conclusions in an analysis published today (Nov 10, 2016 ) by the Society.

Read the full paper here.

The press release is available here.

We, the Society of Actuaries in Ireland, have today published our response to the Department of Health’s Public Consultation on the White Paper on Universal Health Insurance (UHI). 

We are supportive of many aspects of the White Paper, and particularly the continued commitment to developing an efficient healthcare system that will deliver quality services to patients.