MEDICAL FEES
DIRECT COLLECTION?
"In view of the large amount of administrative work involved in the present system during the war period, when it is essential that labour should be conserved in every possible way, it may become necessary to discuss the question of the direct collection of medical fees with the medical profession," said the Minister of Health (Mr. Nordmeyer) in the House of Representatives, in a written reply to a question asked by Mr| W. M. C. Denham (Government, Invercargill).
Mr. Nordmeyer said that the number of doctors already claiming direct from the Social Security Fund was growing steadily, and because of that the question of compulsion had not received consideration by the Government. The question of the amount of the charges by doctors over and above the prescribed social security payments was constantly under review. Close investigation as to the adequacy of the amount of 7s 6d in the light of the past year's experience was being undertaken. Considerable attention had also been given to the possibility of instituting an extended State Medical Service, including clinics on the most modern organisational lines, to supplement the ordinary private practitioner and hospital services as soon as war conditions permitted.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 99, 23 October 1942, Page 4
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200MEDICAL FEES Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 99, 23 October 1942, Page 4
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