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More than a quarter of New Zealanders are now registered with low-fees doctors' clinics, Health Minister Peter Hodgson says.
More than a million people are now registered in clinics which have accepted additional funding in return for keeping their fees particularly low, he said.
Clinics which want the extra funding - on top of the Government's universal subsidy - must agree to keep fees at $15.50 or lower for adults, $10.50 or less for six to 17-year-olds and zero for under-six-year-olds.
Mr Hodgson said 284 practices around the country were now participating.
- NZPA
