Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Tuesday 19 August 1947, page 3
MEDICAL BENEFITS FUND OPERATING
SYDNEY, Monday.
Persons joining the Medical Benefits Fund, which operates from to-day, will be eligible for benefits as
from October 18.
. This was stated by the Assistant Secretary of the N.S.W. Branch (Dr. Hugh Hunter when commenting on the inauguration of the fund, which is sponsored by the B.M.A. and man-aged by the Hospital Contribution Fund.
v, The family rate of premium is 3a week, and for this the subscriber gets a concession of a proportion of the fees paid to a doctor. ' ,