Universal Health Insurance - Labour's health policy Contents Page
1 Preface: Universal Health Insurance - Labour's commitment
2-6
2 Reasons for reform of Irish health care
7-27
3 The principles underlying Labour's commitment to reform
28-32
4 How Labour will reform Irish health care
33
5 Labour's reform of primary care
34-38
6 Meeting the costs of Labour's primary care reform
39-41
7 How Labour's reform will fund and supply more primary care
41-47
8 What Labour's primary care reform will mean to you
48
9 Labour's reform of hospital care
49-63
10 Meeting the costs of Labour's hospital care reform
64-68
11 What Labour's hospital care reform will mean to you
69
12 The relationship between primary, hospital & community care
70-71
13 Funding the capital cost of new facilities
71-72
14 The role of the Minister and the future of the HSE
73-75
15 Appendices: 1. Bed closures in public hospitals
76-78
2. HSE and cutting hospital beds
79
3. Public patients waiting for treatment
80-81
4. Irish health spending
82
5. Effect of Labour's reform on GP visits
83
6. Insurers' requirement for reserves
84-85
16 Notes and references
86-90
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