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Word: 9s (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...with it. Many a doctor hated the thought of haggling over fees with the Government. Under "Britain's 35-year-old National Health Insurance system, haggling has been chronic: British dentists are currently in a fee row with the Ministry of National Insurance (they demand ?9 9s. for a set of false teeth v. the Ministry's offer of ?7), and insurance physicians recently won a raise (to 15s. a patient) only after long dispute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Battle in Britain | 12/23/1946 | See Source »

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