
That's almost €200 million more than the previous year.
Five GP practices got over 1 million euro each for treating medical card patients last year.
The total amount paid out under the scheme increased by a third in 2020.
Eoghan Murphy reports:
GP practices got a total of 788 million euro under the scheme in 2020 - nearly 200 million more than the previous year.
But Monaghan GP Illona Duffy says the figures don't tell the whole story.
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Donegal GP Ciarán Ó Fearraigh says the big increase last year was largely down to the Covid crisis
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