HEALTH INSURANCE
SCHEME FOR PENSIONERS IN CANADA Recd. 6 p.m. Ottawa, March 16 The Canadian Pensions Minister, Mr. I. MacKenzie, submitted a draft of Health Insurance Bills to a special Commons committee, under which the Dominion Government will make financial grants, while the Provincial Governments will adminster the proposed schemes, broadly embracin'* the entire population, but permitting provinces to limit benefits on an income basis. Each single adult depending on income levels will be required to pay 26 dollars annually- with a maximum payment of 3.7 per cent, of income Thus a married man with an income of 1400 dollars will pay the lull 52 dollars. Contributions are expected to total 125,000,000 dollars, the Government’s share being nearly 131,436 dollars.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 64, 18 March 1943, Page 5
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120HEALTH INSURANCE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 64, 18 March 1943, Page 5
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