State monopolies are on the run. It is here, in the new Ireland, that we have bred fresh business heroes such as Sean Quinn. Last week, Sean Quinn bought Bupa in a lightning deal. He thus dealt the would-be state monopoly VHI a series of blows:
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BUPA Vs VHI an Ideological Clash which should be Debated
1.7.05 – Reacting to the news that Mary Harney had refused to require health insurer BUPA to subsidise its competitor VHI, I said that the Seanad should debate the subject: “I cannot understand how an issue of such controversy [as risk equalisation between the VHI and other health insurers] could be put on the back-burner …