Deutsche Geschichte: Neuere Zeit

Report of the Royal Commission on National Health Insurance

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Author:: Lamprecht, Karl http://d-nb.info/gnd/118569015

Title:: Deutsche Geschichte

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Author:: Lamprecht, Karl http://d-nb.info/gnd/118569015

Title:: Neuere Zeit

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Place of publication:: Freiburg im Breisgau

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Year of publication:: 1906

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Title:: Drittes Kapitel. Die norddeutschen Staaten und der nordische Krieg; Entwicklung des preußischen Königtums

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MAJORITY REPORT. 83. The evidence we have received from Societies shows that this is a very popular benefit, and it has been urged on us from many quarters that it should be made a normal benefit available for all insured persons on uniform terms. The Hearts of Oak Benefit Society state that, although they did not originally include dental treatment as one of their additional benefits, it was found necessary at a later date to diminish the additional cash benefits in order to meet the demands of the members for dental assistance (App. IV, 256). The Ancient Order of Foresters submit that ““ the provision of dental benefit, probably more than the pro- vision of any other treatment benefit, would have the effect of conserving benefit funds so far as the drain due to sickness and disablement benefits is concerned >’ (App. V, 49). The National Conference of Industrial Assurance Approved Societies accept the view that it is desirable that a measure of dental treatment should be available to all members of Approved Societies, and make proposals for increasing the Central Fund so as to enable all Societies to make this provision (App. VI, 22). The Joint Committee of Approved Societies remark that ‘‘ the only treatment benefit which would seem to justify an effort to secure it upon a national basis is probably dental benefit ’ (App. XIV, 98). The National Conference of Friendly Societies state that ““ there is a general desire throughout the Societies associated with the Conference that at the earliest date dental benefit should be made one of the normal benefits under the National Insurance Act with a possible restriction of the cost of full dentures to fifty per cent > (App. XXVI, 16). The United Women's Insurance Society have submitted to us some interesting figures and diagrams to illustrate the effect on the benefit fund of an adequate provision of dental treatment over a period of years (App. XXIV, 22-51), and urge that ** dental benefit should take its proper place as part of an ali-embracing medical service.” 84. We have received professional evidence on this subject from the British Dental Association (App. XIX), the British Society of Dental Surgeons (App. XX), the Public Dental Service Association of Great Britain (App. XXII), the Incor- porated Dental Society (App. XXVIII), the Ivory Cross (App. T 7VITI), and the Fast of Scotland Dentists’ Panel (App. 1 XVII) as well as from the British Medical Association (App. X OVII). Finally, the official view is that the provision of dental treatment as a statutory benefit is most desirable if the money can be found. An official witness stated that ‘‘ something like three-quarters of the industrial population, probably, are suffering from dental defects of one sort or another, and I think the experience of those Societies that have provided dental treatment as an additional benefit does give ground for hoping that systematic dental treatment would lead ultimately to a reduction of sickness benefit claims . . . .”’ (Brock, Q. 23,914). The general effect of this evidence is to emphasise the value

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