{"id":243019,"date":"2026-01-13T22:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T22:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/243019\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T22:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T22:04:07","slug":"kerry-people-advised-to-assess-what-is-important-to-them-when-it-comes-to-health-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/243019\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerry people advised to assess what is important to them when it comes to health insurance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People in Kerry should assess what cover is important to them when it comes to health insurance.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the advice of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiokerry.ie\/podcasts\/kerry-today\/is-it-possible-to-make-savings-on-health-insurance-january-13th-2026-467658\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Turner<\/a>, who is a senior lecturer in finance, specialising in health insurance \u2013 at UCC.<\/p>\n<p>According to figures from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hia.ie\/?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=21851987160&amp;gclid=EAIaIQobChMIq5fc77-IkgMVu5xQBh05Wjo6EAAYASAAEgIK3_D_BwE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Health Insurance Authority<\/a>, between 2022 and 2024, the cost of claims increased by 20% in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Turner says there are many reasons behind the rise in premiums, including a growing and aging population, advancements in healthcare, and treatment costs.<\/p>\n<p>He recommends that people plan ahead and tailor their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiokerry.ie\/news\/health\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">health<\/a> insurance plan to their needs:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"People in Kerry should assess what cover is important to them when it comes to health insurance. That\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[103,397,396,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-243019","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-health-care","10":"tag-healthcare","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/243020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}