NATIONAL INSURANCE AIM
AUSTRALIAN PROPOSALS NEW PLAN OUTLINED (Rec. Mar. 18, 10 a.m.) SYDNEY, Mar. 18. Details of the Federal Government’s new national health plan, which is proposed as a substitute for the abandoned national insurance scheme, were explained at a meeting of the representatives of the British Medical Association and friendly societies by the Treasurer, Mr. R. G. Casey, yesterday. The principal provisions are -the payments of 9d weekly by employers and employees for all employed under industrial awards up to a specified wage. The sickness benefits would be on a family basis providing 15/- a week for a man, 10/- for his wife, and 5/* for each child, with a limit of £2. The Government would subsidise the scheme to the extent of £1,000,000 annually. The friendly societies and British Medical Association are meeting separately to examine the scheme.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19890, 18 March 1939, Page 5
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