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Fianna Fail Say The Government Is In Denial About The Medical Card Scheme

Fianna Fail says the Government is "in denial" about changing the discretionary medical card scheme....
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6:43 PM - 19 Oct 2013



Fianna Fail Say The Government...

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Fianna Fail Say The Government Is In Denial About The Medical Card Scheme

TodayFM
TodayFM

6:43 PM - 19 Oct 2013



Fianna Fail says the Government is "in denial" about changing the discretionary medical card scheme.

The coalition is targeting 113 million euro in savings from "improving the accuracy" of the scheme - but they say they don't know how many people will lose their cards.

Fianna Fail's Health Spokesperson says the Government is being "disingenous" in how it's presented the cuts.

Billy Kelleher says the Government should admit there's been a fundamental change in medical card policy - which he says will affect thousands of seriously ill people.

 



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