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Michael Portillo, ‘The Bevan Legacy’, British Medical Journal, Vol. 317, No. 7150 (Jul. 4, 1998), p. 40
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That the parties are so coy in speaking about health is mainly down to Nye Bevan. He made the NHS sacred and untouchable. He may have freed the patient from fear of medical bills, but he has locked the politician in perennial dread of change.

— Michael Portillo

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "That the parties are so coy in speaking about health is mainly down to Nye Bevan. He made the NHS sacred and untouchable. He may have freed the patient from fear of medical bills, but he has locked the politician in perennial dread of change." in the context of "Michael Portillo, ‘The Bevan Legacy’, British Medical Journal, Vol. 317, No. 7150 (Jul. 4, 1998), p. 40" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Aneurin Bevan

About Aneurin Bevan

Aneurin Bevan (15 November 1897 – 6 July 1960) was a Welsh Labour Party politician who is best known for overseeing the creation of the National Health Service in the Labour government after World War II. Bevan, a left-winger, was intermittently in trouble with the Labour leadership; in the 1950s he astonished his supporters by opposing unilateral nuclear disarmament. He overcame a speech impediment and was regarded as one of the most eloquent public speakers of his day.