It sounds as if something is amiss when patients with the Community Health Assist Scheme (Chas) card, which entitles them to government subsidies at private GP and dental clinics, are charged private rates when those same clinics refer them to a polyclinic for tests.
Was this a considered decision or an oversight that has become entrenched?
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