Estonia: New health minister doesn't support incentive-based or private health care

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ERR (04.05.2018) Minister of Health and Labour Riina Sikkut (SDE), sworn in earlier this week, does not support changing Estonia's health care system away from the current solidarity-based model. Sikkut rejects the idea of a new model based on punishing people for unhealthy lifestyle choices as well as the state getting private companies to run its insurance funds.

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estonia
Global challenges
Topics
Health promotion
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France: E-santé - comment la technologie repense l’assurance santé

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Les Echos (03.05.2018) En s’appuyant sur la technologie, les assureurs santé cherchent à prévenir les risques et réduire les coûts de traitement tout en repensant leur relation client. Le secteur de la santé est l'un des trois piliers de l'industrie de l'assurance, avec 1 400 milliards de dollars de primes d'assurance en 2017 selon McKinsey. Les dépenses publiques de santé et de soins devraient quant à elles passer à 14 % dans les pays de l'OCDE d'ici 2060 (contre environ 6 % aujourd'hui) selon les prévisions de l'OCDE.

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france
Global challenges
Topics
Health promotion
ICT governance
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Digital Platforms
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
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Ireland: Govt to launch campaign over false self-employment

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RTE  (07.05,2018) The Government is to launch a public awareness campaign on false self-employment amid concerns about the rise in workers deprived of entitlements by being forced to work as self-employed. Workers categorised as self-employed may lose out on many entitlements under employment legislation, including holiday pay, sick pay, the national minimum wage, redundancy pay, as well as unemployment and other benefits.

Regions / Country
ireland
Topics
Error, evasion and fraud
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Turkey's social protection expenditures grow exponentially

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Daily Sabah (03.05.2018) For the last two decades, Turkey's welfare system has changed exponentially. Once "being a social state" was just a provision in the Turkish Constitution, which had no determining value in the real world. But now the country has turned into being an interesting experiment of the welfare state.

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turkey
Topics
Financing
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How can we create sustainable healthcare systems?

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Euractiv (07.05.2018) The healthcare systems of EU member states are under huge pressure to meet the growing demand for care and simultaneously support innovation in the sector.

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Europe
Global challenges
Topics
Health promotion
Document Type

[Report] ILO: Informal economy - More than 60 per cent of the world’s employed population are in the informal economy

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ILO (30.04.2018) A new ILO report shows that 2 billion people work informally, most of them in emerging and developing countries. The majority lack social protection, rights at work and decent working conditions.

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Difficult-to-cover groups
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OECD: Putting faces to the jobs at risk of automation

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OECD (May 2018) Automation may also be putting downwards pressure on wages and working hours  There are reasons why the future may not be jobless

Global challenges
Topics
Information and communication technology
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
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France: Epargne retraite: Ce que la réforme Pacte va changer pour les épargnants

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20 Minutes (04.05.2018) Le ministre de l'Economie Bruno Le Maire a détaillé ce jeudi plusieurs mesure de sa réforme Pacte qui visent à développer l'épargne retraite des Français.Le futur projet de loi prévoit ainsi d'instaurer la « portabilité totale » des dispositifs d’épargne retraite, une option de réversion systématique pour le conjoint ou encore la possibilité généralisée de retirer en une fois les sommes placées.

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france
Topics
Pensions
Investment
Financing
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[Editorial]|Dos mil millones de informales

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Jornada net (02.05.2018) El panorama global para los trabajadores es cada vez más incierto de acuerdo a organismos internacionales. Dos mil millones de personas prestan servicios en la economía informal y la calidad del empleo es cada vez más deficiente. Se trata de una situación que ya se registró en los datos oficiales de la OIT y de la CEPAL durante los dos últimos años. Y en Bolivia la situación es muy complicada y de mayor riesgo de que aumente el desempleo.

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Difficult-to-cover groups
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Belgique: La digitalisation aura un impact positif sur l'emploi

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Metro (03.05.2018) Les nouvelles technologies auront un effet bénéfique sur l’emploi d’après un employeur belge sur quatre, selon l’étude « Révolution des Compétences 2.0 » publiée par ManpowerGroup. Par ailleurs, 66 % des employeurs belges prévoient de maintenir leurs effectifs au cours des deux prochaines années face à la digitalisation.

Regions / Country
belgium
Global challenges
Topics
Information and communication technology
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Labour market
Digital Economy Observatory : Only Tags
Document Type