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:: Chapter I. Introduction

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MAJORITY REPORT, subject with which we were appointed to deal, expert actuarial advice would be essential. We, therefore, approached the Minister of Health, recommending that he should set up a Departmental Actuarial Committee to assist us in dealing with such actuarial questions as would necessarily arise in the course of our investigation. This recommendation was accepted by the Minister, who, on the 19th November, 1924, appointed a Com- mittee under the chairmanship of Sir Alfred Watson, the Government Actuary and a member of the Commission, with the following terms of reference :— “To advise the Royal Commission on National Health Insurance actuarially as to whether the present basic. con- tribution under the National Health Insurance Acts is in fact required for the existing benefits (including the cost of Societies’ and Insurance Committees’ administration), or whether such a rearrangement of the financial basis of the Scheme would be justified as would reduce the amount allo- cated to the present benefits and leave a margin for other purposes ; and thereafter to continue in being to furnish such further actuarial advice as may be required by the Royal Com- mission on any matters arising in the course of their inquiry.”’ In addition to the Chairman the Committee was composed of Mr. A. D. Besant, President of the Institute of Actuaries, who is also a member of the Commission, Mr. A. Henry, the Deputy Government Actuary, and Messrs. R. G. Maudling and Li. E. Clinton, Fellows of the Institute of Actuaries. The Committee presented to us three reports dated 13th October, 1925, Tth December, 1925, and 18th December, 1925, and these appear as Appendix A to our Report. We desire to acknowledge our indebtedness to the Committee for the valuable assistance which we have derived from their labours.

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