It also provided unemployment insurance for designated cyclical industries. By any measure, the national insurance act of 1911 ranks among the major legislative achievements of the liberal administration that held office in great britain before world war i. David lloyd george s national health insurance act of 1911 provided for the compulsory insurance of lower paid workers and set a fixed capitation fee for doctors. Canadian doctors and state health insurance, 19111918 erudit. England was not the first european country to introduce health insurance. It was mainly championed by the liberal party of england. The national insurance act 1911 created national insurance, originally a system of health insurance for industrial workers in great britain based on contributions from employers, the government, and the workers themselves.
National insurance act 1911 the full text of the legislation. Germany had already introduced it by the time the national act was being passed. The provisions relating to health and those relating to the unemployment insurance were provided for separately. Guidance on the law relating to national insurance contributions including classification, refund and confirming national insurance numbers nino nim39110 national insurance manual hmrc. Some aspects of the national insurance act, 1911 part 1 national health insurance. The national insurance act, 1911, explained, annotated and indexed, with appendices consisting of the insurance commissioners official explanatory leaflets, treasury regulations for the joint committee, tables of reserve values and voluntary contributions, regulations for procedure by the umpire, etc. David lloyd georges national health insurance act of 1911 provided for the compulsory insurance of lower paid workers and set a fixed capitation fee for doctors. National insurance harmonisation of pension fund plans regulations. The national insurance act 1911 created national insurance, originally a system of health. The maximum amount payable was seven shillings a week, which was intended only as a supplement. The evolution of national insurance in great britain. The national insurance act 1911 created a national system of insurance to protect working people against loss of income relating to sickness or unemployment thereby reducing the demand on poor law assistance. The national insurance act had first been suggested by david lloyd george in his budget speech of 1909.
The act introduced sick pay and unemployment insurance. The national insurance act of 1911 formed the basis of health insurance in britain and the uk. National insurance acts 19111947, the approved societies. National insurance act 1911 key points, definition. In 1911 the liberal government passed the national insurance act. The british national insurance act of 1911 and the. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise cambridge core to connect with your account. This act was aimed at removing the stigma of the poor law and designed to help workers. Full text of the national insurance act, 1911 see other formats. The national insurance act 1911 received royal assent on. Journal of the statistical and social inquiry society of ireland,vol. The national insurance act 1911 received royal assent on 16. National health insurance committees, which represented doctors, local authorities and approved societies. David lloyd george s liberal government introduced unemployment insurance through the national insurance act of 1911.
National insurance act 1911 socialist health association. Its passage through parliament did not begin until. Recalling the early years of the 1911 insurance act, lloyd george noted in relation to the role played by the industrial insurance companies, it would have been almost impossible to have worked that act for the first three years of its existence without the admirable assistance given by these agencies throughout the kingdom. I propose to draw attention to the more important of the special modifications of the insurance act in its application to ireland, and to give the numbers of the various classes of people who will be affected by its principal provisions. Employees aged between 16 and 70 years old earning less than. One section of the act founded the worlds first national system of compulsory unemployment insurance. It was one of the foundations of the modern welfare state. Some aspects of the national insurance act, 1911 part 1.
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