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.

Mon, 10 Mar, 2014 - 00:00
Gordon Deegan

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.

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