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. 287 balance of the accounts of deposit contributors in the Indi- vidual Account Section *’ released on death or emigration, and (d) the accruing interest on the whole Fund. (para. 411.) (89) That in so far as any surplus revealed on a valuation of the Insurance Section of the Fund is attributable to the additional sources of revenue referred to in (¢) and (d) above, it should be paid into the Central Fund. (para. 414.) (90) That in the ‘‘ Insurance Section” of the Fund the normal benefits of the Act, but not additional benefits, should be paid. (para. 411.) (91) That the ‘* Insurance Section” of the Fund should be placed in the same position as an Approved Society as regards payment into a Contingencies Fund and the Central Fund and recourse to those Funds. (para. 413.) (92) That the accumulation of interest in the Deposit Con- tributors Fund up to the date of instituting the proposed new system be transferred to the Reserve Suspense Fund. (para. 417.) Married Women. (93) That special provision should continue to be made for msured women who cease employment on marriage (Class XK). (para. 523.) (94) That the test for transfer to the special class should continue to be absence from work for a period of eight con- secutive weeks within one year of marriage, but that any weeks during which a woman is away from work by reason of sick- ness should not be counted towards these eight weeks, and that a similar concession should be made in respect of weeks of genuine inability to obtain work, subject to arrangements being made for obtaining satisfactory evidence of unemployment in accordance with recommendation (117). (para. 523.) (95) That the benefits under the special scheme of insurance should remain as at present, except that benefit during sickness should in all cases be paid at the sickness benefit rate. (para. A224.) (96) That maternity benefit should in all cases he paid in full in respect of the first confinement occurring within two years of the marriage but that, with this exception, women in (lass K should be subject to the ordinary provisions as to arrears. (para. 525.) Exempt Persons. (97) That the class of exempt persons should he retained, and that their title to medical benefit should not be withdrawn. (para. 532.) (98) That the income limit beyond which exempt persons should he required -to make their own arrangements for medical benefit should be raised from £160 to £250 a year. (para. 533)

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