Minister Reilly thought that €0.50 per item was a bad idea and wanted to abolish it just as soon as he got into government. Instead he put it up to €1.50.
€1.50 cost medical card holders €105M, €2.50 will cost €175M, an extra €75 M.
How much will the under 5’s medical card cost, estimated to be €40M to €1B.
GP visit cards for under 5’s are being paid for by medical card holders.
Fine Gael don’t care!
Labour do you care?
Fianna Fáil will huff and puff but do nothing.
Shinners are you listening! Methinks it’s time to dig out the decommissioned weapons.
2 thoughts on “€2.50 per item and GP visit cards for under 5’s”
David,
I completely agree with you. As pharmacists working on the front line with struggling medical patients, the scale of this increase to 2.50 per item is simply outrageous !
[quote]MICHAEL NOONAN HAS insisted to reporters that there “isn’t any connection” between possible cuts to benefits for older people and the introduction of free GP care for the under-fives.[/quote]
davidjordanspharmacyblog 
David,
I completely agree with you. As pharmacists working on the front line with struggling medical patients, the scale of this increase to 2.50 per item is simply outrageous !
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It didn’t take them long
http://www.thejournal.ie/noonan-budget-cabinet-1129867-Oct2013/
[quote]MICHAEL NOONAN HAS insisted to reporters that there “isn’t any connection” between possible cuts to benefits for older people and the introduction of free GP care for the under-fives.[/quote]
Liar liar pants on fire
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