Health Insurance company CZ is to put up premiums for its basic healthcare package by 11% to €104.50 a month.

CZ, which counts 3.3 million households as its clients, is the first of the big health insurers to announce their 2011 fees.
CZ’s additional policies, which cover items such as dental care and extra physiotherapy, are also going up sharply in price.
In addition to health insurance and extra fees for some services, from 2011, all adults will have to pay the first €170 of their healthcare costs as an own-risk item.