Price increases announced by health insurers do not kick in for everyone as soon as they are announced. Unlike electricity, gas, food or mortgage increases, price increases announced by health insurers do not kick in for everyone as soon as or shortly after they are announced. The company’s most recent price increase, announced in January, kicks in next month and also averages 3 per cent. “However, some plans exceeded this latest average increase,” Goode says. It announced a price increase averaging 6.6 per cent which kicked in at the start of April last year, while a 4.5 per cent average increase was imposed last October.

Source: The Irish Times February 13, 2026 20:35 UTC