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This 4 page paper examines the welfare state and changes that occurred during the 1980s and 1990s. The Community Care Act and The Human Rights Act are each discussed. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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issue. As if to try to change the tide again, two Acts cropped up which are the 1990 NHS and Community Care Act and the 1998 Human Rights Act. These
have in fact been somewhat successful. It should also be said that there have been complaints throughout the years regarding not only rights, and access to entitlements, but also
about service delivery. Is this the best that the UK has to offer? Service delivery issues crop up as it respects the private versus public sectors. While things used to
come only from the public sector, changes have rendered an enterprise that is more accepting of privatization. This does not necessarily truncate entitlements but it does change service delivery.
In the United Kingdom, there is a welfare state and this is something that is responsible for disseminating checks along with cash income to the majority of households (Gordon, 2003).
Most people pay into what is known as "the welfare state" in Britain and even for those who do not get money back, all receive essential services (2003). This
situation differs from welfare as it is known in the United States for example. In the United States, people who are on welfare are in the minority and it is
viewed as being an extremely negative situation. In the United Kingdom, people live on government services as normal. It has a socialist connotation. The people pool their money, and pay
higher taxes, and in return they are provided with essential services. There is less choice but there is also a reduced risk. People do not fear not being able to
feed their families and to an extent, this comfort is worth the reduced choices in terms of private health care and education. There is, for example, virtually no private spending
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