Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin
Ceist:47. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health in view of the fact that discretionary medical cards are provided for persons whose income or assets exceed the threshold but for whom purchase of care, services and equipment relating to the illness would create undue financial hardship; that the Health Service Executive has stated that a panel of clinicians examine each case and apply an adjustment for those above the income threshold to determine whether the illness will lead to financial hardship in the absence of availability of a medical card; that this is a form of health economic analysis and requires detailed information relating to the cost of illness, if he will provide details of the precise nature of this analysis for persons with motor neurone disease, which determines whether they are likely to incur undue financial hardship as a result of the progressive and terminal illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21287/14]
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