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India: Farmers pension scheme: PM to launch farmers pension scheme

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indiatimes.com (06.09.2019) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the farmers’ pension scheme Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY) from Ranchi on September 12 with a subscriber base of more than one million.

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india
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Social assistance
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Pension extension: Bringing informal workers into the retirement social safety net

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blogs.adb.org (Aug 2019) Millions of Asia’s informal workers – such as vendors, day laborers, and others – are left out of national pension systems. Here’s what we can do to help them in their later years.

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Asia
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Pensions
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Maroc: le gouvernement se félicite de la généralisation de la couverture sociale pour les professions libérales et les indépendants non salariés

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french.china.org Le Chef du gouvernement Saâd Dine El Otmani s'est félicité jeudi de l'application des décrets de généralisation de la couverture sociale et de santé pour les professions libérales et les indépendants non salariés. "Nous sommes heureux de la mise en application des dispositions de la loi relative à l'assurance maladie obligatoire, qui date de 2005, soit 14 ans après sa promulgation", s'est-il exprimé à l'ouverture des travaux du Conseil de gouvernement

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morocco
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France: Protection universelle maladie (Puma)

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Capital (20.08.2019) Instaurée en 2016, la protection universelle maladie (Puma) est le régime de couverture santé qui s'est substitué à la Couverture Maladie Universelle (CMU)   La réforme du régime de couverture maladie intervenue au 1er janvier 2016 visait à répondre à un triple but : èlargir la base des bénéficiaires, garantir la continuité des droits à la prise en charge des frais de santé, simplifier les démarches d'obtention.

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france
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Extension of coverage
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Ukraine to strengthen social protection of displaced persons

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ukrinform (15.08.2019) The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has adopted a resolution the implementation of which will help strengthen the social protection of internally displaced persons and ensure the provision of targeted assistance.

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ukraine
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[Opinion] US: The Ethical Mess of Our Health Care System

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The New York Times (14.08.2019) It is a patchwork that covers some people and some diseases but not others. We can improve it by bolstering Obamacare.

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United States
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Indonesia struggles to pay for huge universal health care program

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Nikkei Asian Review (14.08.2019) Indonesia is struggling to fill a massive hole in the finances of its compulsory national health insurance system. BPJS Kesehatan, the government agency that oversees the program, has suffered deficits in five of the six years since the system was introduced to much fanfare in 2014. This year, the shortfall between spending and premium income is set to balloon to 28 trillion rupiah (nearly $2 billion), more than double the gap in 2018.

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indonesia
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Brazil pension reform debate expected to widen in Senate

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Reuters (08.08.2019) Brazil’s Senate is expected to consider extending pension reform to states and municipal governments as it moves to vote on a bill overhauling the social security system, lawmakers said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: Brazil's Economy Minister Paulo Guedes

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Old-age pensions
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Maroc: Abdellatif Mortaki : «La CNSS est prête à assurer la couverture médicale et sociale des travailleurs non salariés»

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Aujourd'hui le Maroc (10.08.2019) Soixante ans après sa création, le régime de sécurité sociale géré par la CNSS permet à des millions de Marocains de bénéficier d’une panoplie complète de prestations. En effet, la CNSS est considérée aujourd’hui comme l’assureur social de référence et acteur majeur de la couverture sociale et médicale au Maroc.

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morocco
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