IN PRINCIPLE
NATIONAL HEALTH SCHEME.
COMPULSORY INSURANCE.
APPROVAL BY CONFERENCE.
(Per Press Association). WELLINGTON, This Day
Approval of the principle of the inauguration of a national health insurance scheme along compulsory lines was expressed at a conference of delegates of the New Zealand Counties Association, Municipal Association of New' Zealand and the New Zealand Hospitals’ Association. Suggestions for financing the scheme were also affirmed and the opinion expressed that an officer of the Health Department should be sent to Britain to investigate the position there. In regard to finance it was suggested that it should be met by compulsory contributions from employers and employees, subsidised by the Government and that provision be made for the inclusion of workers on their own account, that is,, farmers and small business men.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 98, 6 February 1936, Page 6
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