‘Start of a disaster’: How a line on a map is sending a GP clinic broke
A GP says her clinic is facing bankruptcy after being declared 'metropolitan' by health officials
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A GP says her once-profitable clinic is facing bankruptcy after an adjustment to a government map led to restrictions on recruitment and funding cuts.
Dr Hannah Vorster is one of 7000 GPs who saw their rebates from bulk-bulling incentives fall by one-third in January, under changes to the Department of Health’s rural classification system.