GloHealth will launch Best Ultimate Active (€1,621 per adult and €430 per child aged 3 and over) on 1 July.

This plan provides cover for a private room in a public hospital and a semi-private room and day case cover in private hospitals. Cover is provided for a private room in a private hospital with a €100 excess per claim.
Full cover is provided for day case and cardiac procedures in the Blackrock Clinic, Mater Private and Beacon hospital private hospitals.
A €2,000 co-payment applies to certain orthopaedic procedures in a private and hi-tech hospital.
Three nights cover is provided in a public hospital for maternity acomodation.
The plan also has significant outpatient benefits such as a 75% of your money back for each GP visit and 50% of your money back x 25 physiotherapist visits.

This plan is available to all new and existing customers from this date.

GloHealth will increase the premiums of their Net One, Net One Extra Privacy and Best Plan Ultimate Cash II plans on 1 July.
The Net One adult premium will increase from €495 to €510 per adult and from €194 to €199 per child. Young adult rates will also increase.
The Net One Extra Privacy adult premium will increase from €575 to €590 per adult and from €194 to €199 per child. Young adult rates will also increase.
The Best Plan Ultimate Cash II adult premium will increase from €1,593.76 to €1,719 per adult and from €421.88 to €458 per child. Young adult rates will also increase.

These changes are effective from this date.

The above information was sourced with the permission of the Health Insurance Authority from their website www.hia.ie. Our thanks to them for their assistance.