VHI will release PMI 44 16 (€1,050.46 per adult, €280.10 per child 1-3) on 15 December 2016.

This plan provides cover for a private room in public hospitals and private hospitals with a €150 excess per private hospital claim. There is full cover for listed cardiac, non-cardiac and day case cover in the Blackrock Clinic, The Beacon Hospital and the Mater Private private hospitals with a €150 excess per private hospital claim.

Specified hip, knee and shoulder replacement surgery and cataract surgery is covered 80% in private hospitals with a €150 excess per claim.

There is a maternity accommodation grant of €3,475.

The plan has significant maternity and childcare related benefits with a €1 outpatient excess per year. Other outpatient benefits carry an excess of €125 per year.

This plan is available to all new and renewing customers from 15 December 2016.

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.