Health savings will benefit 'over one million people'

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They include increases in the over 70s medical card income limits, a decrease in the Drugs Payment Scheme threshold by €10 to €114 per month and a 50c reduction in prescription charges for all medical card holders.

They include increases in the over 70s medical card income limits, a decrease in the Drugs Payment Scheme threshold by €10 to €114 per month and a 50c reduction in prescription charges for all medical card holders.

Under the new measures, the over 70s medical card income limits have increased to €550 per week for a single person and to €1,050 for a couple . This will benefit up to 56,000 people.

 

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Gosh, my Mum on her 76th birthday will be beside herself wondering what to do with her whopping 50 cents

Are you completely sick in the head? peasants take the crumbs that we give you.

€10 , 50c. Yay. 🙄 Ministers expenses should be curtailed. Make prescriptions free. Reduce scheme to €50.

& still no medical card for our terminally ill (without t&cs) absolute disgrace & shame on our politicians for not providing for our citizens yet they attempted to give themselves pay rises in the middle of a pandemic 😡😡

Donnelly is sell out. Will not even get into contact with people in relation to the medical cannabis access programme. Why? Because he's busy out sucking big Pharma's big brown envelope.

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