§ 73. Sir WILLIAM BULLasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what becomes of the money paid under compulsion to the Insurance Commissioners by the large number of domestic servants who refuse to go on the panel of any doctor; and is the money divided among the panel doctors?
§ Mr. MASTERMANI have no reason to suppose that any appreciable number of domestic servants or other insured persons will in case of illness neglect to avail themselves of their right to medical attendance and treatment from the doctors on the panel who are collectively responsible for such attendance and treatment; and who, for this reason, are entitled under their agreements to have divided among them the whole of the funds available for the medical treatment of insured persons under the arrangements made by the Committee.
§ Mr. HUNTMay I ask the right hon. Gentleman whether doctors get money for patients they have not attended?
§ Mr. MASTERMANIf the doctors only got money from the patients they attended the Insurance Act would break down tomorrow. They undertake the treatment of a certain number of persons, a large number of whom do not require treatment at all.