For your reading enjoyment, this evenings stories from civilization Facebook post: Did you know that Germany has the worlds oldest national social health insurance system, with origins dating back to Otto von Bismarck’s Sickness Insurance Law of 1883? After visiting Germany in 1908, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, David Lloyd George said in his 1909 Budget Speech, that the United Kingdom should aim to be putting ourselves in this field on a level with Germany; We should not emulate them only in armaments. In 1908 David Lloyd George, the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the government led by Herbert Asquith proposed the 1911 National Insurance Act. This measure gave the British working classes the first contributory system of insurance against illness and unemployment. The Act included national social health insurance for primary care, initially for about one third of the population, employed working class wage earners, but not their dependents. This system of health insurance continued in force until the creation of the National Health Service in 1948 which created a universal service, funded out of general taxation rather than on an insurance basis, and providing health services to all legal residents. Thank you for reading this evening stories from civilization Facebook post. Have a wonderful evening!
Posted on: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 04:50:01 +0000
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