London, Apr. 26.
The Cuuneil of the British Med'cal Association has put forward 71 Jdiseussion its scheme for a general] medical service for the nation.
The scheme would provide all cept institutional services by means fof a national contributory insurance scheme, including, on a compulsory basis, not only' all insured persons at present defined but all depend lents of such persons, all voluntarily insured persons and their depend~ ents, and other persons of small means at present outside of the insured system as well as patients formerly treated under the Poor Law.
The contributions in the last! framed class would come from the: responsible local authority.
Whilst hospital service would not!
included under the compulsory, insurance scheme; voluntary con-_ ftributory schemes' for this. service] fare suggested. 5 It is urged that payment of all issiting staffs of hospitals,—special-geons and doc-in future hospit-Jats will increasingly be used not only for the sick poor for whom they were ori all classes, Jeffect of payment of specialists for hospital work will be to reduce fees for private work—Wireess through
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