THE INSURANCE BILL
(United Press Association —Copyright.) Received 11-5 p.m., October 24. LONDON, October 24. ! Mr. Lloyd George says that including extras and tuberculosis treatment, the Government proposed to assure doctors 7s. per head* of the insured population; Is. 6d. was assigned for drugs, and an extra sixpence, assigned drugs, would be added as remurferation to the doctors. If drugs were not required, the exchequer wcufd defray £1.650.000. If there- were abnormal circumstances, the central fund would make a special grant for drugs. Dr. Barr, president- of the Medical Association, states that !Mr ; Lloyd George's terms form the basis of the agreement, but the problem is not entireiv monetary.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 25 October 1912, Page 5
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109THE INSURANCE BILL Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12856, 25 October 1912, Page 5
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