§ 68. Colonel WESTONasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether the regulations contained in Memorandum 159/J.C., issued by the Insurance Commissioners, involve deductions from the amount guaranteed to medical practitioners for each insured person; and, if so, whether the consent of the doctors has been obtained to such deductions; and, if not, what steps does he propose to take for the purpose of providing the minimum capitation fee guaranteed to the doctors by Section 22 of the explanatory statement issued by the Commissioners in December, 1912?
§ Mr. MASTERMANAs I stated, in reply to the hon. Member for Nottingham on the 8th May, a doctor is entitled under his contract with the insurance committee to be credited with a sum of 7s. in respect of each insured person for whose treatment he is responsible during the whole year. It follows that a deduction must be made from this sum in respect of every insured person for whom he ceases to be responsible during any portion of that year, in order to pay the doctor who is in fact responsible for his treatment during that period.