NATIONAL INSURANCE ACT
ATTITUDE OF THE DOCTORS. By Ti'lojniph.- Prexs Association. -Copyright London, February 22. A CONFERENCE of the British Medical Association decided to negotiate •with the Insurance Commissioners on the basis that doctors will not accept service under the Act unless at a capitation fee of 8s 6d, exclusive of extras for medicine. No patient earning above <10s a week is to be treated under the Act. Nino hundred firms have joined the Employers' Parliamentary Association organised by Sir Chas. Macara (President of the English Federation of Master Cotton Spinners' Associations) to secure postponement, and amendment of the Insurance Act. deceived February 15. 9.40 p.m.) London, February 23. The Medical Association resolved to secure representation on the various administrative bodies created under the Insurance Act. The association dropped a motion of censure on the Medical Council.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14925, 24 February 1912, Page 7
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