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US: Health insurance - Fewer workers go part-time as ACA coverage worsens

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USA Today (18.03.2019) Many Americans who would like to dial back and work part time have been discouraged from doing so because of sharp premium increases in the individual health insurance market the past few years, experts say.

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United States
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Health
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Why AI will make healthcare personal

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World Economic Forum (14.03.2019) For generations healthcare has been episodic – someone gets sick or breaks a bone, they see a doctor, and then they might not see another one until the next time they get sick or injured. Now, as emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence open up new possibilities for the healthcare industry in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, policymakers and practitioners are developing new ways to deliver continuous healthcare for better outcomes.

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Service delivery
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Medical tourism and national health care systems: an institutionalist research agenda

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biomedcentral.com (July 2018) Although a growing body of literature has emerged to study medical tourism and address the policy challenges it creates for national health care systems, the comparative scholarship on the topic remains too limited in scope.

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Kazakh national social insurance fund accumulates $3.7 billion, envisions changes

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 The Astana Times (18.03.2019) As of January, the National Social Insurance Fund has accumulated 1.4 trillion tenge (US$3.7 billion) and is reaching 6.126 million citizens, or 70.3 percent of the country’s working population, said Vice Minister of Labour and Social Protection Svetlana Zhakupova at the recent discussion by the Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) of the mandatory social insurance bill.

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kazakhstan
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Financing
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France: Retraites - Agnès Buzyn évoque un "allongement de la durée de travail"

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Nouvel Obs (18.03.2019) "Je pense qu'un jour, nous serons obligés de travailler plus longtemps sinon notre système de retraite ne pourra pas tenir", a déclaré la ministre de la Santé.

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france
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Pensions
Financing
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Suisse: Age de la retraite - les femmes jouent à pile ou face

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Le Temps (18.03.2019) La droite pousse depuis des années pour un relèvement de l’âge de la retraite des femmes. Le compromis qui lie réforme fiscale et AVS, en vote le 19 mai, promet d’atténuer la pression. Mais la question reviendra sur la table

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switzerland
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Pensions
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Les politiques publiques appelées à promouvoir la protection sociale en Afrique

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Apanews.net (16.03.2019) Les politiques africaines sont appelées à encourager le développement durable inclusif et à promouvoir la protection sociale sur le continent, et partant renforcer ce droit humain fondamental par la conclusion d'accords de coopération et de partenariat intrafricains en la matière, ont recommandé les participants à la journée d'information et de formation sur « la protection sociale en Afrique », organisée, vendredi, à Rabat, par l'Union Africaine de la Mutualité (UAM), en partenariat avec la Mutuelle Générale du Personnel des Administrations Publiques (MGPAP- Maroc)

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Africa
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Brazil pension reform chief sticks to savings target and May vote

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Reuters (11.03.2019) Brazil’s government is sticking to its goal of having its pension reform bill, with promised public savings of more than 1 trillion reais ($262.5 billion) over the next decade, ready for a vote in the lower house of Congress by the end of May.

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brazil
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Pensions
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France: La Cour des comptes s’invite dans le débat sur l’assurance-chômage

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Le Monde (14.03.2019) Dans une communication rendue publique mercredi, la haute juridiction préconise de revoir les règles d’indemnisation pour les personnes qui sont inscrites à Pôle emploi et exercent par ailleurs une activité.

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france
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Unemployment
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Nigeria: Federal Government urged to improve social protection for women

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Daily Trust (11.03.2019) Experts have called on the federal government and other stakeholders to strengthen social protection programmes and policies for women and other vulnerable groups in the country.

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nigeria
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