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

MAJORITY REPORT. 283 1s necessary and operates fairly; and should, subject to (60) be- low, be continued generally in ifs present form. (paras. 438-449.) (60) That where, on an inquiry resulting from representa- tions that an insurance practitioner should be removed from the panel, it is decided that such removal is not justified, the practi- tioner should be given an opportunity of a further hearing before any lesser penalty is imposed by the Minister. (para. 448.) PAYMENT AND COLLECTION OF (CONTRIBUTIONS. (61) That the present system for the payment and collection of contributions by means of stamps and cards has operated satisfactorily and should be continued but that the powers of the Central Departments for securing compliance with the pro- visions of the Act in this respect should be strengthened as indicated in the following recommendations. (para. 476.) (62) That Section 96 (1) of the Act should be modified so as to render liable to prosecution any person who makes a fraudu- lent statement with a view to avoiding compliance with the Act. (para. 478.) (63) That Section 97 (1) (a) of the Act should be amended to provide that proceedings for any of the offences specified in Section 96 (2) and (3) may be brought at any time within one year from the date of the commission of the alleged offence. (para. 478.) (64) That the offence of trafficking in stamps (Section 96 (3) should be made subject to the penalty of imprisonment as an alternative to a fine. (para. 478.) (65) That the preferential period for the recovery of unpaid contributions in the case of bankruptcy or companies in liquidation (Section 106 (1)) should be extended from four months to 12 months. (para. 478.) (66) That Section 97 should be so extended as to make directors of companies who are actively engaged in the conduct of the company’s business personally liable for the non-payment of contributions due in respect of the company’s employees un- less they can show that they could not reasonably be expected to have had knowledge of the default. (para. 478.) (67) That the proposal to pay out of Health Insurance funds contributions unpaid owing to bankruptcy should not be adopted. (para. 479.) ADMINISTRATION OF NORMAL BENEFITS. (68) That the proviso to Section 13 (4) of the Act, which brovides for penalties on insured persons who fail to give notice of their illness at the proper time should be amended so as to free from penalty an insured person who had reasonable excuse for his failure to give notice. (para. 483.) 24709 KK

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