The extraordinary story of members of the Irish Defence Forces travelling over the border to access private health care in Northern Ireland is about to take a new twist. In 2018, PDFORRA, the representative organisation of the defence forces, established PMAS, the PDFORRA Medical Assistance Scheme (PMAS). PMAS is a not-for-profit company, limited by guarantee. It was set up to assist soldiers, sailors and aircrew with access to the procedures they were struggling to get in the country’s clogged-up public health system. To date, PMAS has funded 650 of what are called “episodes of care” at the Kingsbridge private hospitals in…

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