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 XIII. Miscellaneous questions

Collection:: Economics Books

Ah iil a MAJORITY REPORT. that particular kind of case? »’'—"* It has been dealt with under the Coal Mines Emergency Act on the question of the illegal deduction of wages. There is one point we did get right under the Unemployment Insurance Scheme, and which we want badly in the Health Insurance Scheme. When our inspectors go round and visit employers to see if the cards are properly stamped, fraudulent statements are very often made. An employer may say, ‘ I have two men,” when in fact he may have six. Con- sequently, persons lose their benefit rights because the employer has been defrauding under the Act, and we suggest that the making of fraudulent statements in order to avoid payments under the Act should be made an offence under the Act in a similar manner as it is under the Unemployment Insurance Scheme.” (Q. 23,443.) 478. We are prepared to accept the opinion of the Ministry as to the extent to which their present powers have proved in practice to be not altogether adequate, and we think that they should be given all reasonable powers which they think necessary for enforcing the provisions of the Act. We, therefore, recommend :— (1) That the time limit for instituting proceedings for any of the offences specified in ection 96 (2) and (3) of the Act should be extended to twelve months. (2) That Section 96 (1) of the Act should be amplified <0 as to render liable to prosecution any person who makes a fraudulent statement with a view to avoiding compliance with the Act. (3) That the offences of trafficking in stamps should be made subject to the penalty of imprisonment as an alternative to a fine. (4) That the preferential period for the recovery of unpaid contributions in the case of bankruptcy or companies in liquidation should be extended from four months to twelve months. (5) That directors of companies who are actively engaged in the conduct of the company’s business should be made personally liable for the non-payment of contributions due in respect of employees unless they can show that they could not reasonably be expected to have knowledge of the default. 479. A further suggestion was made to us (National Associt- tion of Trade Umion Approved Societies, App. Xo, 72 that in order to avoid the hardship which falls upon insured persons through their employers failing to pay contributions at the proper time and subsequently becoming bankrupt before the contributions were paid, the con tributions so lost should be made good out of insurance funds. We are, however, unable to recommend the adop- tion of this proposal. In the first place, we are not aware of

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