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In what year did Bismarck introduce sickness insurance in Germany?
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- The first of the three schemes, in the early 1880s.
- 1883, followed by accident insurance in 1884.
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1883 (answers within ±2 count)
Why
1883, followed by accident insurance in 1884 and old age and invalidity in 1889. The dates matter because they precede full democratisation: the first modern social insurance system was built by a chancellor whose aim was to weaken the socialist movement, not to extend citizenship.
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