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Report and recommendations of the sub committee of federal council on the economics of medical practice
Abstract
1. Your Committee has given careful consideration to the Report submitted on investigations made in the United States of America, Canada and England and it has the following comments and recommendations to offer to the Federal Council. 2. With the possible exception of the Canadian Plan, the Plans in those countries do not offer benefits which are as complete as those offered at present by the larger Medical Aid Societies in South Africa. The statistical and other information gathered by the Public Relations Officer during his visit to those countries should, however, be of considerable assistance. Your Committee is of the opinion that the proposed Plan must be comprehensive and it must offer benefits \vith minimal limitations esp::cially for serious illnesses. It is in the last-mentioned field that the majority of the local Societies fail, as the total benefits in anyone year are limited, and in many cases only a percentage of the medical expenses are met. The cost of treating cases of long duration is of necessity very heavy even though these cases form only a small proportion of the total number of cases treated. To the patient, such costs may be crippling.
