Word: britain
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Britain, at least, there was no longer any point in warning citizens that they were selling their birthright of freedom for a mess of pottage. Bevan, the bulldog breed's new vet, could reply that Britons could eat tastier, tougher fare than pottage now that they had got new false teeth from the health service. As TIME's London Bureau Chief Eric Gibbs cabled...
...year or not at all. A doctor can have a maximum of 4,000 patients on his list, which would give him a gross income of $13,600. In a few regions, there are more doctors than necessary (e.g., one to each 1,000 patients along Britain's south coast). The result is that doctors' income there is low. Though Bevan could raise their fees, he refuses to do so in these cases because he wants the south coast physicians to move to "underdoctored" areas...
Look into the Future. Some observers believe that the social welfare state may destroy democracy in Britain and pave the way for Communism. Others say it will provide the best bulwark against Communism, by preventing the want and insecurity on which Communism thrives. That is the way Nye Bevan sees it. Sevan's colleagues say he is one of the party's most active antiCommunists. As a member of the Labor Party's international affairs subcommittee, Bevan engineered the party's appeal to the Italian Socialists against fusion with the Communists before the 1948 Italian elections...
...Bevan is pleased with what he has done in Britain. He considers it only a start. Morrison and other party leaders want to sit back and consolidate the party gains. Bevan says the party is like a man on a bicycle: if he stops he will fall. According to his own statement, Bevan will settle for nothing less than "total destruction" of the remnants of British capitalism, including the Conservative Party. He has estimated that completion of his program will take 25 years. Whether or not he and his party will have a chance to finish the job is still...
Russia, the ultimate in state control, has the ultimate in state health insurance. Medical service is free to all. Doctors and dentists are assigned and paid by the state. Benefits, however, are limited by facilities available. Relative example: Russia has one dentist for 14,000 people; Britain has one dentist for 3,271 people, the U.S. one for 1,885 people...