MARTIN WALL
The new re-insurance deal secured by State-owned health insurer VHI is no substitute for cost-control, Minister for Health James Reilly has said.
He welcomed the agreement reached by VHI with Berkshire Hathaway which will see the US company run by investor Warren Buffett reinsure some of the risk in the insurer’s business.
However, he said the process to control costs would continue unabated.
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Dr Reilly said costs in the private health insurance system remained “far too high”.