Acts that made welfare and health care a function of the state: the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834, the National Insurance Act 1911, the National Health Service Act 1946, the American Social Security Act and the Affordable Care Act. A statute belongs here when its cited article describes an act on social insurance, relief of the poor or health care provision. It excludes environmental and food statutes.
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Affordable Care Act, Wikipedia
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Together with amendments made to it by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, it represents the U.S. healthcare system's most significant regulatory overhaul and expansion of coverage since the enactment of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965.
National Health Service Act 1946 (Wikipedia)
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The National Health Service Act 1946 (9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 81) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that came into effect on 5 July 1948 and created the National Health Service in England and Wales thus being the first implementation of the Beveridge model.
National Insurance Act 1911, Wikipedia
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The National Insurance Act 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 55) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that 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.
Poor Law Amendment Act 1834, Wikipedia
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The Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 (4 & 5 Will. 4. c. 76) (PLAA) known widely as the New Poor Law, was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom passed by the Whig government of Earl Grey denying the right of the poor to subsistence.
Social Security Act (Wikipedia)
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The law created the Social Security program as well as insurance against unemployment.
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