NATIONAL INSURANCE

Otago Witness, Issue 3021, 7 February 1912, Page 26

NATIONAL INSURANCE

MEDICAL ANTAGONISM. LONDON, January 31. The Royal College of Physicians have declined to attend a conference with the Insurance Commissioners to discuss the working of the Insurance Act, though they are prepared to assist by attending for' the purpose of safeguarding the interests of the medical profession. February 1. The council of the British Medical Association and the College of Surgeons of Scotland liave declined to attend the conference of the Insurance Commissioners at Manchester. The Oddfellows' Conference, representing a million members, agreed that the Manchester Unity has become an approved society. A resolution was defeated condemning the board's appeal to the House of Lords to amend the Insurance Bill. The Deputy Grand Master of Oddfellows stated that the Insurance Act waa a most serious blow to mutual thrift. No financial gain could compensate them for the loss'of their independence. February 2. The British Medical Association's Re. form Committee has drafted an amending bill providing that no person with an income exceeding £lO4 a year shall be entitled to medical benefits under the act. and no one with an income below £65 shall be excluded therefrom. The minimum capitation fee for doctors is fixed at 10s.