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Galway families could see their health insurance soar by a further 30 per cent under new legislation being introduced by the Health Minister James Reilly.

Private health insurers are charging men for maternity benefit even though they know that men will never avail of the benefits. The policy is unfair according to Mayo Fine Gael TD, John O’Mahony who has asked the Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly to request the Competition Authority to look into the matter.

A consultant at University Hospital Galway is costing the facility hundreds of thousands by failing to sign off private health insurance claims promptly.

Mayo Fine Gael TD, John O’Mahony, has received assurances from the Minister for Health, Dr James O’Reilly, that a number of measures have been put in place to allow public hospitals such as Mayo General avail of quicker payment by health insurance companies.

At a time when HSE West is implementing cost-saving measures delays in filling in insurance claim documentation has meant that a staggering €6 million owed to University Hospital Galway and Merlin Park Hospital remains unpaid, according to Galway city councillor Padraig Conneely.

If you listen to a lot of media chattering in Ireland you would think that Equality and Fairness mean the same thing. The two words are used interchangeably by occupants of that very crowded space they call the High Moral Ground.

If you listen to a lot of media chattering in Ireland you would think that Equality and Fairness mean the same thing. The two words are used interchangeably by occupants of that very crowded space they call the High Moral Ground.

If you listen to a lot of media chattering in Ireland you would think that Equality and Fairness mean the same thing. The two words are used interchangeably by occupants of that very crowded space they call the High Moral Ground.

Carlow-Kilkenny Fianna Fáil TD John McGuinness has criticised the 40 per cent increase in the levy on health insurance policies, describing it as a direct attack on those already struggling to meet their financial commitments.

The chairperson of the HSE West’s regional health forum has called on the medical board of Galway University Hospitals (GUH) to address the issue of consultants who are costing the hospitals millions of euro by failing to sign off private health insurance claims promptly.