The Health Insurance Authority (HIA) compiles statistics on the numbers of persons insured by the three companies operating in the open market, in addition to the restricted membership undertakings which operate for certain mainly vocational groups. Private health insurance membership has remained high, with over 50% of the population covered by a policy.
The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below on a quarterly basis up to the end of March 2010. This includes those insured by the three main companies: Aviva Health, Quinn Healthcare and Vhi Healthcare. The figures also include those insured by the restricted membership schemes. This is the latest data which is available from the HIA.
Number of persons with private health insurance
Date
|
000’s
|
Mar-07
|
2,192
|
Jun-07
|
2,204
|
Sep-07
|
2,226
|
Dec-07
|
2,245
|
Mar-08
|
2,254
|
Jun-08
|
2,269
|
Sep-08
|
2,282
|
Dec-08
|
2,299
|
Mar-09
|
2,286
|
Jun-09
|
2,278
|
Sep-09
|
2,267
|
Dec-09
|
2,262
|
Mar-10
|
2,246
|