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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APPENDIX A. 379 rate of 811d. there is added seven-ninths of the cost of dependants’ benefits for wives and children at the rates above set out the total contribution required is brought up to 93d. a week, being an increase of 2d. a week over the present joint contribution of employer and worker. It will be observed that the actual margin in the present contribution after providing for the extra 3s. for medical benefit is 89d. per week, being the difference between 9d. and 811d. We find that this margin, with the related State grant, would be sufficient to provide an addition of 2s. a week to sickness benefit and of 1s. a week to disablement benefit in respect of the wife of an insured man (corresponding sums being available in the case of a widower with children) and the same sums in respect of each child of a married man or widower; the administration allowance being increased as explained above. 8. As regards insured women, we are instructed, as stated above, that in the case of an insured married woman her children are to be regarded as dependent on her husband, whether he is insured or not. We are asked to advise as to the weekly addition to sickness benefit (with one-half the addition to disablement benefit) which the margin in the women’s contribution would provide in respect of each child under the age of 14 of an insured widow and in respect of the dependent widowed mother of an unmarried insured woman. We have assumed that the latter category may include widows. As stated in paragraph 4, the margin in the woman’s contribution after providing for a further charge of 8s. a year in respect of medical benefit is ‘16d. per week. We find that this margin is sufficient to provide an addition to sickness benefit of 2s. a week and to disablement benefit of 1s. a week for the classes of dependants mentioned, with the same increase in the allowance for administration as stated above. We are, My Lord, Your obedient Servants, ArrrEp W. Warson (Chairman). A. D. Besant. Lovurs H. CriNton. Airrep Henry. R. G. MAUDLING. M. B. K~xowies (Secretary). 7th December, 1925. 54709 YN A

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