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

28() MAJORITY REPORT. preceding valuation, i.e., at each valuation the surplus carried forward from the previous valuation (including the Contingencies Fund) with its interest earnings, would be exempted from the operation of the scheme. (para. 256.) (b) The proportion of the surplus specified above, which should be subject to pooling, should be one-half. (para. 257.) (¢) The fund constituted by the half surpluses in ques- tion should be distributed among the benefit funds of all Societies at a uniform rate per head of membership. (para. 258). EXTENSIONS OF BENEFITS. (42) That the extensions of statutory benefits, to be made as and when funds are available to meet the cost, should be placed in the following order of priority :— (a) Bxtension of the scope of medical benefit. (paras. 261-262.) (b) The provision of allowances in respect of dependants of insured persons in receipt of sickness or disablement benefit. (paras. 314-326, 343.) (¢) Improved provision at the time of pregnancy and childbirth for insured women and the wives of insured men. (para. 343.) (d) The provision of dental treatment as a normal benefit (para. 361.) (48) That the extensiow of the scope of medical benefit should take the form of the provision of (a) expert medical advice and treatment for persons who can travel to meet the specialist ; (b) expert advice for persons who are unable to travel: (¢c) laboratory services; but that in-patient treatment in hospitals, major operations in the home, maternity services and dental services should not be included at present. (paras. 263-268.) (44) That the extended service should be provided not by way of development of the out-patient work of the hospitals, but through an independent scheme organised, under the general direction of the Ministry, throughout the whole country by the Insurance Committees or their successors, as an integral part of medical benefit. (para. 277.) (45) That in the scheme provision should be made for the closest co-operation between the general practitioners and the specialists, particularly for the exchange of information as to cases and for the giving of definite guidance to the general practitioner as to both diagnosis and treatment. (para. 277.)

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