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Monday, October 20, 2008
TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen yesterday said the plan to restrict access to medical cards for the over-70s will not proceed in its current form.
However, he said universal access to medical cards was not sustainable and signalled that the Government would instead examine a further widening in eligibility thresholds.
In an interview with RT's This Week programme, Mr Cowen appealed for "time and space" to allow the Government Read the rest of this entry »

Monday, October 20, 2008
HARRY McGEE, MARTIN WALL and MICHAEL O'REGAN
TAOISEACH BRIAN Cowen's appeal for "time and space" to find a solution to the medical card controversy has helped to quell a growing rebellion among Fianna Fil backbenchers.
Mr Cowen yesterday said the budget proposal to end universal provision of medical cards to over-70s would not proceed in its current form, which he said did not have "wider public acceptance".
In an Read the rest of this entry »