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Muiris Houston

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As seen in: The Irish Times, The Medical Independent, Medscape, Silicon Republic, BJGP (British Journal of General Practice), Irish Medical Times, The Muslim Times
Medical Writer -Medical Independent and Irish Times. Occ Med Specialist. Adjunct Prof Narrative Based Medicine TCD. Experienced Interviewer/Presenter.
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The next front in tobacco control

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By Muiris Houston Verified, Asumpta Gallagher, Finbarr Condon
| The Medical Independent Verified
Credit: iStock.com/trinculo_photo The Maldives became the first country in the world to enact tobacco-free generation legislation last year when it introduced a law, which prohibits anyone born on or after 1 January 2007 from being sold tobacco products. And the UK is planning to bring in similar laws from 2027. The RCPI has now called for such a measure to be introduced here for what it calls a “tobacco endgame” strategy.
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Why health insurance premiums keep rising

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By Muiris Houston Verified, Asumpta Gallagher, Finbarr Condon
| The Medical Independent Verified
Credit: iStock.com/wildpixel Many headlines have been written already this year about recent health insurance premium increases and no doubt many more will be written before the year is out. But what lies behind these increases and is there any end in sight? Fundamentally, the main driver of any insurance premium is the cost of claims. Insurers must ensure that what they take in as premiums will cover these.
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Paying attention to the business side of practice ownership

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By Asumpta Gallagher, Sinead Lay, Muiris Houston Verified
| The Medical Independent Verified
https://www.istockphoto.com/portfolio/VioletaStoimenova “I had no reason to suspect anything.” It is the sentence that comes up, in one form or another, almost every time a practice discovers that something has gone badly wrong on the business side of the operation. It is usually said with genuine bewilderment, by decent, hard-working principals and partners who trusted the people around them and cannot quite believe what has unfolded. And it is the sentence I want to challenge here.
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