THE INSURANCE BILL.
MEDICAL BENEFITS. AN AMENDMENT AGREED TO. By Tulcerath—Press Associatlon-Copi-Hcnl (R«o. August 3, 3.25 p.m.) London, August 3. The Friendly Societies regard Dr. A«ldi> son's amendment to tho National lnsuranco Bill—transferring the adlninistraliou of tho medical benefits from Die approved societies to local health coniiuitlccH —as an iufi'ingement of their self-management. Sir I*. Magnus (Unionist) has introduced an amendment excluding persons earning ■£104 annually from llio medical benefits. Tlio mover declared that if it Was accepted the. doctors would then co-operate loyally, Mr. Lloyd-Gcorgo resisted tho amendment, which ho said would exclude the in. dustrial population from their long-accus-tomed club and medical benefits, but he accepted Dr. Addison's amendment giving tho local health committees power to fix a salary limit beyond which the insured would have to mako their own medical arrangements. Sir Philip Magnus's amendment iral negatived.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1197, 4 August 1911, Page 5
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140THE INSURANCE BILL. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1197, 4 August 1911, Page 5
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