Churchill presents an alternative portrait of conservatism.
Churchill later worked alongside his peers in the Liberal Party, including Lloyd George, to pass the National Insurance Act of 1911.
In particular, Churchill was responsible for spearheading the provision on unemployment insurance, but he also enthusiastically embraced the act's section that created National Health Insurance for British workers.
Ardent in his belief that the National Insurance Act bolstered Britain's market economy and militated against the dreaded socialist alternative, Churchill continued to support modest expansions of the welfare state during the interwar period.
A Liberal economist who had worked for Churchill during the creation of the National Insurance Act, Beveridge called for a dramatic expansion of national insurance that would offer every British citizen comprehensive protection from the vagaries of life, including poverty, unemployment, and illness.
A year later Churchill expressed more explicitly his support for universal health insurance.
As his wartime speeches and memos demonstrate, Churchill favored a more active state that would provide cradle-to-grave social insurance and equality of opportunity.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/churchills-compassionate-conservatism/
Churchill later worked alongside his peers in the Liberal Party, including Lloyd George, to pass the National Insurance Act of 1911.
In particular, Churchill was responsible for spearheading the provision on unemployment insurance, but he also enthusiastically embraced the act's section that created National Health Insurance for British workers.
Ardent in his belief that the National Insurance Act bolstered Britain's market economy and militated against the dreaded socialist alternative, Churchill continued to support modest expansions of the welfare state during the interwar period.
A Liberal economist who had worked for Churchill during the creation of the National Insurance Act, Beveridge called for a dramatic expansion of national insurance that would offer every British citizen comprehensive protection from the vagaries of life, including poverty, unemployment, and illness.
A year later Churchill expressed more explicitly his support for universal health insurance.
As his wartime speeches and memos demonstrate, Churchill favored a more active state that would provide cradle-to-grave social insurance and equality of opportunity.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/churchills-compassionate-conservatism/
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