Quinn Healthcare will launch 2 new plans today; Essential Care (€620) and Essential Choice (€495).

Essential Care provides cover for a semi-private room in a public hospital. There is a €3,000 grant towards hospital accommodation and day to day out-patient benefits, which will typically provide benefit of 25% of fees up to 8 visits per year per practitioner.

Essential Choice also provides cover for a semi-private room in a public hospital. There is a maternity benefit of €400 towards hospital accommodation costs and limited out-patient benefits with an individual out-patient excess of €150.