Report of the Royal Commission on National Health Insurance

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Identifikator:: 1740277147

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-132094

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Report of the Royal Commission on National Health Insurance

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Stationery Office

Year of publication:: 1926

Scope:: XII, 394 S.

Digitisation:: 2020

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Minority report

Collection:: Economics Books

$0 MINORITY REPORT. of such a service should not, therefore, depend for its finance entirely upon current contributions (para. 66). (18) That medical benefit should be extended to include attendance at confinement, and dental and ophthalmic advice and treatment (para. 70). (14) That medical benefit should be provided for the depend- ants of insured persons (para. 72). (15) That the transfer to Local Authorities of the responsi- bility for the administration of medical benefit should be accom- panied by some direct financial responsibility on the part of those authorities (para. 80). (16) That the cost of the present medical benefit in excess of the sum of 9s. 6d. per insured person per annum, for which permanent provision is made, should be borne by the Treasury and Local Authorities as provided by Section 85 of the Act (para. 81). (17) That the cost of the extension of medical benefit by the inclusion of a specialist and consultant service should also be met under the provisions of Section 85 of the Act (para. 82). (18) That the dental treatment to be included in medical benefit might at the outset be restricted to such a partial service as could be provided at a cost of £2} millions a year, and that existing surpluses should be made available for the provision of the service (para. 89). (19) That the normal rates of sickness benefit should be raised to 18s. a week for men and 15s. a week for women (para. 96). (20) That benefit at the normal rate of sickness benefit should be payable to an insured person so long as he remains incapable of work (para. 101). (21) That when an insured person is incapable of work allowances in respect of his dependants should be provided at the same rates as those under the Unemployment Insurance Act (para. 102). (22) That the high maternal death rate and the great amount of sickness amongst mothers clearly prove the need of re-organ- isation and extension of the provision for maternity (para. 105). (23) That the medical services during pregnancy and at con- finement should be co-ordinated with the Maternity and Child Welfare service under the Local Authorities (para. 109). (24) That in addition to medical services during pregnancy and at confinement there should be in the case of an uninsured wife of an insured man a maternity benefit in the form of a cash payment of 20s., and in the case of an insured woman maintenance for the mother and child at a rate not less than that

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