I've had bronchitis and laryngitis since Feb 5th, only in last week can I speak, I too have been coughing blood, only because I was tearing the throat out of myself from coughing, living in Ireland - it's not all that bleak, apart from having to pay the €60, that's the gp cost, you can ask for a receipt with that and by the sounds of it you have an underlying condition, you must not have applied for either a medical card or a gp visit card, the link provided is a bit out of date too, there was a price put on meds when we had that big financial bust, prescriptions were charged €2.50, that's now been reduced to €2 and for really sick people that have a lot of meds, it's capped to €20 per month. the charge to a&e is free if referred to a&e by gp or you've been rushed there following an accident - it's really to deter people coming in after a belly full of alcohol and cram up an already over flowing A&E service which over the past few months has been in code black with no sign of clearing, you should go to your CWO or chat with your doctor about gp fees and how can you get refund or apply for free gp visits, especially as you have children