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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

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