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Michael Joseph Savage

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Michael Joseph Savage
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New Zealand's first Labour prime minister passed the Social Security Act 1938, combining pensions, sickness benefits and free health care in one of the first comprehensive systems anywhere. His government also built state rental housing on a large scale; costs and wartime controls tested the model quickly.
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