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Fewer patients used Chas subsidies in past 2 years
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The Community Health Assist Scheme allows patients to go to their own private GP clinics and still get subsidised care.
PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO
Fewer people have been using the government subsidy for treatment at private general practice (GP) and dental clinics in the past two years.
The amount given out under the Community Health Assist Scheme (Chas) fell from a peak of $169 million in 2016 to $152 million last year, with 55,000 fewer people using it.
