Health insurance battle gets heated for consumers

Just when health insurance members thought things couldn't get worse, another round of price increases has just been announced by the health insurers, writes Dermot Goode.

Rising health insurance rates couldn't have come at a worse time for consumers. Photo: Thinkstock

Just when health insurance members thought things couldn't get any worse, another round of price increases has just been announced by the health insurers. VHI increased its rates by up to 8.5 per cent on certain plans from last March. Laya is increasing some of its plans by up to 16.4 per cent from April 1 and Aviva has just announced an increase of up to 6.4 per cent on most of its ...