§ Mr. Whiteasked the Minister of Health whether any estimate has been prepared of the cost of providing medical benefit to the dependants of persons insured under the National Health Insurance Acts?
§ Mr. ElliotOn the assumption that the term "dependants" is restricted to wives and children up to the school-leaving age, the cost of providing medical benefit to the dependants of insured persons would be about £10,000,000 per annum if the annual charge per head were the same as that now applicable to insured persons themselves.