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If you don’t mind, would you kindly specify the name of the plan from VHI please?
I am self-sufficient. So am not working at the moment. In order to be able to exercise treaty rights in Ireland as British citizen, I also require a comprehensive medical insurance.
UK is different from the rest of EU countries. UK citizens can live in Ireland without any conditions. Irish citizens can live in the UK as well without any conditions. This is governed by a different law rather than EU Treaty Rights.
Many thanks littlerr for the reply. I actually need this medical insurance in order to tuck the boxes of INIS to be able to bring my non-EEA spouse in Ireland. I classify myself as self-sufficient. So in order to tick all the boxes of eligibility in this category, I also need a ‘comprehensive medical insurance’. This is the only purpose. So it’s better if the premium is as little as possible but most importantly, it should meet the requirements of INIS. The last thing I would want is having a medical insurance and being toils by INIS that it is not comprehensive, and so does not meet the minimum criteria of a self-sufficient person.littlerr wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2019 12:33 pmUK is different from the rest of EU countries. UK citizens can live in Ireland without any conditions. Irish citizens can live in the UK as well without any conditions. This is governed by a different law rather than EU Treaty Rights.
However, having a medical insurance is always good. Depending on what level of cover you want (public hospital, semi-private, private, hi-tech) it can vary a lot. An entry level insurance costs somewhere between 30-50 euro. I use Irish Life as it covers free GP telephone/video service, which means you can simply call them to get a prescription for some minor issues. That saves you 50-60 Euro for a physical visit to a GP that lasts no longer than 15 minutes.
Alright that's easyjoel123 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2019 2:20 pmMany thanks littlerr for the reply. I actually need this medical insurance in order to tuck the boxes of INIS to be able to bring my non-EEA spouse in Ireland. I classify myself as self-sufficient. So in order to tick all the boxes of eligibility in this category, I also need a ‘comprehensive medical insurance’. This is the only purpose. So it’s better if the premium is as little as possible but most importantly, it should meet the requirements of INIS. The last thing I would want is having a medical insurance and being toils by INIS that it is not comprehensive, and so does not meet the minimum criteria of a self-sufficient person.littlerr wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2019 12:33 pmUK is different from the rest of EU countries. UK citizens can live in Ireland without any conditions. Irish citizens can live in the UK as well without any conditions. This is governed by a different law rather than EU Treaty Rights.
However, having a medical insurance is always good. Depending on what level of cover you want (public hospital, semi-private, private, hi-tech) it can vary a lot. An entry level insurance costs somewhere between 30-50 euro. I use Irish Life as it covers free GP telephone/video service, which means you can simply call them to get a prescription for some minor issues. That saves you 50-60 Euro for a physical visit to a GP that lasts no longer than 15 minutes.
There are 2 different types of plans. A comprehensive plan means the plan is contributing to the hospital. On the other hand, a cash plan is a plan that only contributes to the insurer.littlerr wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2019 3:04 pmAlright that's easyjoel123 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2019 2:20 pmMany thanks littlerr for the reply. I actually need this medical insurance in order to tuck the boxes of INIS to be able to bring my non-EEA spouse in Ireland. I classify myself as self-sufficient. So in order to tick all the boxes of eligibility in this category, I also need a ‘comprehensive medical insurance’. This is the only purpose. So it’s better if the premium is as little as possible but most importantly, it should meet the requirements of INIS. The last thing I would want is having a medical insurance and being toils by INIS that it is not comprehensive, and so does not meet the minimum criteria of a self-sufficient person.littlerr wrote: ↑Fri Mar 08, 2019 12:33 pmUK is different from the rest of EU countries. UK citizens can live in Ireland without any conditions. Irish citizens can live in the UK as well without any conditions. This is governed by a different law rather than EU Treaty Rights.
However, having a medical insurance is always good. Depending on what level of cover you want (public hospital, semi-private, private, hi-tech) it can vary a lot. An entry level insurance costs somewhere between 30-50 euro. I use Irish Life as it covers free GP telephone/video service, which means you can simply call them to get a prescription for some minor issues. That saves you 50-60 Euro for a physical visit to a GP that lasts no longer than 15 minutes.
Cash plans are normally very cheap - around 10-30 euro per month. In return, they give you some money back every time you use GP etc. Cash plans are not counted as real health insurances and do not contribute towards Lifetime Community Ratings (LCR). I don't understand why anyone would pay for these plans, because the amount that they pay out to you is always less than the amount that you pay to them.
Comprehensive plans pay money to hospitals if you need to use a hospital service. Therefore they are relatively more expensive - the cheapest ones are normally around 30-40 euro per month, depending on a variety of reasons (ages, LCR, smoker or not etc). They cover far more things when you need to really go to a hospital to undertake a scan, treatment, surgery etc. The cheaper end of the plans don't normally cover GP visits. They also have a waiting period. Normally you cannot claim anything in the first 6 months.
There are only 3 main providers in Ireland, so let's just go through them one by one.
Using an example of a 26-year-old with no pre-existing conditions:
https://www.irishlifehealth.ie/ The main page should give you a quick quote. The cheapest starts at 42 euro.
https://www.layahealthcare.ie The "Assure Protect" on their main page is the default cheapest option, starting at 39.34 euro.
https://www.vhi.ie/find-a-plan The cheapest is "Start Plan", starting at 36.66 euro.
All plans above are comprehensive plans.
If in doubt, you can always give them a quick call asking them whether the plan you want to purchase is a cash plan.
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