Using Income Transfers to Improve the Lives of Families with Children and the Unemployed in Argentina

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worldbank.org (22.03.2017) To help create the preconditions for expanding its social safety net, Argentina increased the effectiveness of its income transfer programs for the unemployed and for families with children.

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argentina
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Family benefits
Unemployment

Norway needs to secure welfare state

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newsinenglish.no (03.04.2017) Few countries are as financially fit to secure social welfare systems as Norway, which has spent the past 20 years stashing away its oil wealth for future generations. Most of that money, though, is meant to preserve pensions, so the government now needs to keep its social welfare state intact as well, amidst debate over how that can best be done.

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norway

US: San Francisco’s universal health care plan eyed as model for California

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The Mercury News (03.04.2017) Maria Consuelo believes she’s alive today because of a groundbreaking program this left-leaning city created a decade ago – one that guarantees health coverage to every one of its 864,000 residents.

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United States
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Health
Health insurance

France: L'Assurance-maladie veut lutter contre le renoncement aux soins

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francetvinfo.fr (29.03.2017) Plus d'un quart des Français auraient déjà renoncé à se soigner pour des raisons financières. L'Assurance-maladie a décidé de s’attaquer à ce problème en lançant un dispositif d’accompagnement personnalisé. 

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france
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Information and communication technology
Service quality

El gasto de España en protección social se reduce tres décimas y amplía su brecha con la UE

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20minutos (06.03.2017) El gasto español con relación al PIB es inferior (43,8%) a la media de la UE (47,2%) y de países como Finlandia, Francia (57% ambos) o Dinamarca (54,8%). El porcentaje del gasto dedicado a políticas sociales (ayudas a mayores, parados o dependientes) es del 39,1%, 1,5 puntos inferior a la media de la UE.que en la UE en sanidad, educación, defensa y ayudas a la vivienda.
La elevada deuda de las administraciones ha duplicado en una década (del 4,1% en 2007 al 8% en 2014) el gasto público dedicado a pagar intereses.

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spain
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Financing

Etats-Unis: Trumpcare : "14 millions d'Américains perdraient leur couverture santé d'ici un an"

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EuroNews (24.03.2017) Les dépenses de santé aux Etats-Unis sont estimées à 20 % du PIB pour 2017, un record mondial qui se chiffre à 3,5 trillions de dollars. Moins de la moitié de ces dépenses sont financées par le gouvernement américain. (A titre de comparaison, selon l’OCDE, au sein de l’Union européenne, les pays membres prennent en charge environ 72 % des dépenses de santé.)

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United States
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Health
Health insurance
Inequalities