Vhi Healthcare will reduce the premiums of 54 plans on 1 March 2018. Reductions will range from -4 to -7%. Vhi Healthcare will also end its half price kids offer on the “One Plan” range on this date, a new half price kid’s offer on “One Plan Family”, “Nurses Plan Select”, “Teachers Plan Select” and “Parents and Kids Excess Plan” will begin on this date. A full price template can be found here. VHI March Rate template.xlsx

Benefit Changes:

The following changes will be made to a number of plans on 1 or 2 March:

Genetic testing for hereditary cancer – This benefit provides cover for genetic testing for risk of developing hereditary cancer, such as breast, ovarian, endometrial and colorectal cancer.

Vhi Online Doctor – A new service being added to many plans (6 or 12 visits). Again,

Strength and Conditioning Coach benefit – this benefit provides cash back in respect of visits to an accredited Strength and Conditioning Coach.

CT Scan cover has been extended to cover non-oncology scans.

All benefit changes and the relevant plans effected can be found here. VHI March benefit changes.xlsx.

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.