§ Mr. ASTORasked what fees are paid to doctors under the German Insurance Acts; and whether such fees include payment for drugs?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEThe average fee paid to German doctors by the Sickness Funds of all kinds in 1909 was 5s. 8d. per person insured. This fee was exclusive of drugs, but included attendance upon uninsured members of families where the rules of a fund provided for such attendance.
1228 The average fee paid to doctors by the parochial funds, which as a rule do not provide family attendance, was 4s. per person insured.
Mr. WORTHINGTON-EVANSCan the right hon. Gentleman say how much will be paid for drugs on the average in Germany?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEI should like notice of that question. It is really very difficult to ascertain, because in Germany very often it includes expensive appliances.
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEYes, the hon. Gentleman must know I have got the figures.
§ Sir PHILIP MAGNUSMay I ask whether the 4s. includes the cost of drugs?
§ Mr. LLOYD GEORGEIt does not include the cost of drugs.