Rise in GP fees symptom of service ‘in crisis’

Dr Tim Malloy Recent increases in family doctor’s fees are just the latest symptom of a health system in crisis and years of chronic government underfunding, according to one local GP. Dr Tim Malloy, who is director of Wellsford-based Coast to Coast Health Care (CTCHC), said the August 1 increase, which saw fees for adult non-CSC cardholders rise by $10 to $29.50 at CTCHC’s eight clinics, was down to the government, not individual practices.

“The difference between the actual cost of seeing a patient for 15 minutes and the subsidy we receive is what the patient pays, which for years has been $...

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