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 XIV. Summary of conclusions and recommendations

Collection:: Economics Books

OTR MAJORITY REPORT. (28) That the administration of additional benefits of the nature of treatment should remain in the hands of the Approved Societies in so far as the consideration of claims for benefit is concerned. (para. 228.) (29) That where a treatment benefit has been so widely adopted as an additional benefit as to be available for a large proportion of the total insured population, the negotiations as to terms and conditions of service with the profession by whom the service is provided should be undertaken by the Central Departments, and that the organisation and supervision of the service should rest with those Departments either directly or through the agency of the local bodies responsible for the adminis- tration of medical benefit. (para. 228.) (30) That Section 22 (1) of the Act should be amended so as to empower the Minister in any case in which the rules of a Society do not in the view of the Department adequately provide for its proper government, or are likely to operate unfairly to the prejudice of members, to give notice to the Society not less than one month before a general meeting, to consider an amendment of any rule to which exception is taken; and if the rule is not so amended, to make an Order directing that the amendment desired shall be deemed to be incorporated in the rules; and that appropriate machinery for dealing with objections should be set up. (para. 240.) (31) That in the case of centralised Societies there should be only one tribunal for the determination of disputes between Societies and their members, before reference to the Minister, and that in the case of Societies with branches not more than two such tribunals should be allowed, namely the branch tribunal and a tribunal of the District to which the branch is attached, or of the central body of the Society. (para. 241.) (82) That provision should be made by an extension of Section 38 of the Act whereby the Department should have power to hold an inquiry into the methods of administration of any Society where the administration of the Society is regarded as unsatisfactory in any respect; and that if the Department is satisfied that it is not in the interest of the insured members that the Society should continue to be approved, the Department should have power to require it to arrange for the transfer of its engagements to some other Society. (para. 242.) (83) That it is inexpedient to impose any statutory restriction on the size of Societies. (para. 230.) (84) That in any case in which the Minister is satisfied that the administration of a Society or branch does not conform to a reasonable standard of efficency he should be empowered to order a reduction as he may think fit, of the amount allowed to the Society for administration purposes. (para. 242.

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