Doctors earn €34m in medical card payments

More than 70 of the country’s top-earning doctors shared €34.37 million from payments received through the medical card system in 2012, new figures show.

According to the Primary Care Reimbursement Service (PCRS) Statistical Claims Report for 2012, 76 GPs received an average payment of €452,247 in 2012.

The report show payments through the medical card system increased by €14m to €483m that year as the number of people on medical cards reached record levels.