More than 30,000 ACT health members left in limbo when their provider entered administration may have been given a reprieve after administrators found new operators courtesy of a court granting them more time. The nation’s peak medical body welcomed the news about the National Health Co-op (NHC), but it said the case should prompt the ACT government, who along with the federal government funded NHC, to help find more innovative ways to address underlying issues impacting the territory’s GPs and bulk billing situation. The not-for-profit and member-owned NHC, which opened its doors in 2010 and is now estimated to have 14 per cent of all bulk-billed GP appointments, entered voluntary administration in June. The organisation said the end …

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