Health Insurance Authority

The Health Insurance Authority is the State body that regulates the private health insurance market in Ireland. The Authority was established in 2001 under the Health Insurance Acts. The Authority is independent in the exercise of its functions. The principal functions of the Authority as provided for in the Health Insurance Acts include the following: To monitor the health insurance market and to advise the Minister for Health (either at his or her request or on its own initiative) on matters relating to health insurance; To monitor the operation of the Health Insurance Acts (the Acts) and, where appropriate, to issue enforcement notices to enforce compliance with the Acts or take prosecutions; To carry out certain functions in relation to health insurance stamp duty and risk equalisation credits and in relation to the risk equalisation scheme; To take such action as it considers appropriate to increase the awareness of members of the public of their rights as consumers of health...