Plans for Universal Health Insurance have been shelved until at least the year 2021, after the government admitted its current plans would be too expensive.
Leo Varadkar says other reforms to the healthcare system such as the abolition of the HSE, will need to be implemented first.
He was reacting to analysis from the ESRI which showed that one model being considered by the government could cost 2,500 euro for adults, while also costing the state up to 2 billion euro.
Minister Varadkar says other reforms like disbanding the HSE into hospital groups, will have to happen first:
However Fianna Fail says the decision to abandon UHI leaves the country without a health policy.
The party's Health spokesperson Billy Kelleher says we need leadership:
