British Welfare State
1948 - NHS financed by NI Contributions
pub. Dec. 1942: Beveridge Report
FIVE GIANTS
blocking road to post-war
reconstruction
WANT
DISEASE
IGNORANCE
SQUALOR
IDLENESS
coordinate: ALL Ins. Schemes
min. level of Security: ALL who needed it
Rich: buy private Ins. too
NI (National Insurance) contributions = flat rate:
not means-tested tax (collected by employers)
great interest: UK (6,000 sold)
USA + occ. Eur. countries
Aim: cradle to grave
Mat. Grants... Funeral Grants
State: nat. min
Vol. Action: private insurance
X rely 100% on State
Brainchild
Sir W Beveridge
Lib Min = Coal. Gov. WWII
Middle class, univ-ed. = social work: London slums /
Civil Servant / Director LSC (London School of Economics)
1941 - TUC - Trades Union Council
(Congress)
Lobby: Min Health: St. Health Ins. Prov. inadequacy
Worst = War
Gov. = Beveridge Commt. = report: ALL soc. Insurance