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GCSE History · key term
A contributory scheme in which payments by workers, employers and government supported benefits such as sickness payments and medical care.
Used by AQA and OCR
Paper 2
Revise: Modern Public Health1911: National Insurance. Contributions from workers, employers and the government provided insured workers with medical care and sickness benefits. Insurance also offered unemployment protection in selected trades.
Paper 1
A contributory system established in 1911 that provided eligible workers with support during sickness or unemployment, funded by workers, employers and the state.
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The most important insurance measure was the National Insurance Act of 1911. Insurance meant making regular contributions in return for protection against particular risks. Workers, employers and the state all contributed, sharing the cost rather than leaving workers to finance protection alone.