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Lifetime Community Rating and Inequality
Nat O'Connor 13/03/2016
Nat O'Connor: We are coming up to the first anniversary of Lifetime Community Rating (LCR) in private health insurance and it is timely to consider how this policy reinforces Ireland’s multi-tier health system and entrenches income inequality. The previous government introduced LCR in May 2015, affecting everyone aged 34 or older. For every year …
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