Gino Kenny
Question:616. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost in 2022 of providing free universal primary care to all. [44936/21]
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Potential costs associated with the universal health insurance were set out in the ESRI’s 2015 Report “An Examination of the Potential Costs of Universal Health Insurance in Ireland”. This report projected a per capita cost for the introduction of universal health insurance of between €1600 and €2509 depending the basket of services chosen. An estimate of the cost in 2022 of free universal primary care to all is not currently available given the wide range of payments and variables that have to be accounted for.