Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Brian Stanley challenges the Taoiseach on the growing absence of adequate health cover for middle and low income households and warns that income thresholds for full medical cards have not risen in decades. He urges the government to raise thresholds, guarantee full medical card cover for cancer patients and expand GP capacity ahead of Budget 2027.

Chapters:
00:00 Raising the health cover issue
00:45 Scale of limited and no cover
01:10 Income thresholds detailed
01:45 Sláinte Care timeline
02:44 Calls for Budget 2027 action
03:16 Taoiseach response: progress noted
05:38 GP access and service expansion

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