§ 42. Mr. FELLasked the Secretary to the Treasury why some better arrangement is not made for the payment of the panel doctors under the National Insur- 693 ance Act; and why money due is paid by driblets and is nearly always in arrear for periods of weeks, which treatment of the doctors does not conduce to efficient and satisfactory work by them?
§ Mr. W. BENNAs payment to doctors during the year are advances on account of remuneration which cannot be determined till the end of the year, a margin must necessarily be reserved for the final settlement. It will, however, be possible for insurance committees in many cases to reduce the margin reserved when the accounts for last year are completed, and more precise information is accordingly forthcoming as to the actual sums available.