Brussels, 20/02/2013 (Agence Europe) - On 20 February, the European Commission approved state compensation to be granted through the new risk equalisation scheme (RES) for the provision of private medical insurance in Ireland for the period 2013 to 2015. The objective of the scheme is to promote intergenerational solidarity by ensuring better risk sharing between health insurers in the Irish PMI market. After examining the RES in line with EU rules on services of general economic interest...