• Dr James Reilly

The 2011 PfG commits to the introduction of a single-tier, multi-payer model of UHI covering both hospital and primary care. Social and long term care will remain directly funded by the State. The PfG does not seek to adopt a free market approach to the provision of healthcare services. Nor does it seek to retain the current model which is dominated by a single provider with prices largely set by the State. This model has not proved to be effective in an Irish context.
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