Vhi Healthcare will release a new plan, PMI 43 16 (€1131.64 per adult per year) on 31 December 2016. This plan covers a semi-private room in a private hospital with an excess of €150 per inpatient claim and €50 per day case claim. There is full cover for cardiac procedures and 90% for special procedures in the Blackrock Clinic, Mater Private and Beacon Hospital with an excess of €150 per claim. Specified orthopaedic procedures are covered 80% in private hospitals. There are outpatient benefits typically providing €25 x 7 visits for practitioners such as GPs, Dentists or Physiotherapists, as well as significant maternity outpatient benefits.

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.