MEDICAL INSURANCE
DOCTORS REJECT OFFER UNANIMOUS DECISION. Renter's Telegram. LONDON. October 18. A crisis lias developed in the State rredical insurance system. The rejection by the Minister of Health of the panel doctors’ request for arbitration on his proposal to reduce their fees by a shilling to 7s fid per caee, led to a meeting of doctors in London, convoked by the Insurance Act Committee of tho British Medical Association, art which 200 were present, representing the whole of Britain. The meeting unanimously rejected the offer. This is expected to lead to the resignation of the doctors, who are credited with the intention of launching their own medical service. Tho societies have decided to resist any call on their funds beyond a fee of 7s 3d.
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New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11655, 20 October 1923, Page 6
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126MEDICAL INSURANCE New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11655, 20 October 1923, Page 6
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