The HSE says around 75,000 people will lose medical cards next year.
It says a review of all medical cards currently in issue will result in around 25,000 people losing the cards they already hold.
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Another 30,000 will be taken from older people who are now over the income limits for a full medical card.
However the HSE’s slashed the amount it expects to save from reviewing medical cards.
